diff --git a/apps/app_mixmonitor.c b/apps/app_mixmonitor.c
index 852eae8d96142a90c5366057c7a9305636683fc5..73e5c5a500aba2d3689e1df5ffe121b5b685a8cc 100755
--- a/apps/app_mixmonitor.c
+++ b/apps/app_mixmonitor.c
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 #define get_volfactor(x) x ? ((x > 0) ? (1 << x) : ((1 << abs(x)) * -1)) : 0
 #define minmax(x,y) x ? (x > y) ? y : ((x < (y * -1)) ? (y * -1) : x) : 0 
 
-AST_MUTEX_DEFINE_STATIC(modlock);
-
 static char *tdesc = "Native Channel Monitoring Module";
 static char *app = "MuxMon";
 static char *synopsis = "Record A Call Natively";
@@ -460,7 +458,6 @@ static int muxmon_cli(int fd, int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	char *op, *chan_name = NULL, *args = NULL;
 	struct ast_channel *chan;
-	int count = 0;
 
 	if (argc > 2) {
 		op = argv[1];
diff --git a/apps/app_muxmon.c b/apps/app_muxmon.c
index 852eae8d96142a90c5366057c7a9305636683fc5..73e5c5a500aba2d3689e1df5ffe121b5b685a8cc 100755
--- a/apps/app_muxmon.c
+++ b/apps/app_muxmon.c
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 #define get_volfactor(x) x ? ((x > 0) ? (1 << x) : ((1 << abs(x)) * -1)) : 0
 #define minmax(x,y) x ? (x > y) ? y : ((x < (y * -1)) ? (y * -1) : x) : 0 
 
-AST_MUTEX_DEFINE_STATIC(modlock);
-
 static char *tdesc = "Native Channel Monitoring Module";
 static char *app = "MuxMon";
 static char *synopsis = "Record A Call Natively";
@@ -460,7 +458,6 @@ static int muxmon_cli(int fd, int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	char *op, *chan_name = NULL, *args = NULL;
 	struct ast_channel *chan;
-	int count = 0;
 
 	if (argc > 2) {
 		op = argv[1];
diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index c4fac49d149b350af43fc98b51cd3e512b2c0523..d48aaeb0360684829c9f1ea47215fa77f445de1e 100755
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -870,7 +870,8 @@ struct ast_filestream *ast_readfile(const char *filename, const char *type, cons
 struct ast_filestream *ast_writefile(const char *filename, const char *type, const char *comment, int flags, int check, mode_t mode)
 {
 	int fd, myflags = 0;
-	FILE *bfile;
+	/* compiler claims this variable can be used before initialization... */
+	FILE *bfile = NULL;
 	struct ast_format *f;
 	struct ast_filestream *fs = NULL;
 	char *fn, *orig_fn = NULL;
@@ -908,7 +909,7 @@ struct ast_filestream *ast_writefile(const char *filename, const char *type, con
 			}
 		}
 		
-		if (option_cache_record_files && fd >= 0) {
+		if (option_cache_record_files && (fd > -1)) {
 			char *c;
 
 			fclose(bfile);
@@ -923,8 +924,9 @@ struct ast_filestream *ast_writefile(const char *filename, const char *type, con
 
 			size = strlen(fn) + strlen(record_cache_dir) + 2;
 			buf = alloca(size);
-			memset(buf, 0, size);
-			snprintf(buf, size, "%s/%s", record_cache_dir, fn);
+			strcpy(buf, record_cache_dir);
+			strcat(buf, "/");
+			strcat(buf, fn);
 			free(fn);
 			fn = buf;
 			fd = open(fn, flags | myflags, mode);
@@ -938,9 +940,8 @@ struct ast_filestream *ast_writefile(const char *filename, const char *type, con
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		if (fd >= 0) {
+		if (fd > -1) {
 			errno = 0;
-
 			if ((fs = f->rewrite(bfile, comment))) {
 				fs->trans = NULL;
 				fs->fmt = f;