--- crash-trace-command-2.0/trace.c.orig
+++ crash-trace-command-2.0/trace.c
@@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ static void ftrace_dump(int argc, char *
if (dump_symbols || dump_meta_data || argc - optind > 1)
cmd_usage(pc->curcmd, SYNOPSIS);
else {
- char *trace_dat;
+ char *trace_dat = "trace.dat";
int fd;
if (argc - optind == 0)