int noevents = 0;
        int notrigger = 0;
        char *dummy;
-       int force = 0;
+       bool force_autochannels = false;
 
        struct iio_channel_info *channels = NULL;
 
                        break;
                case 'A':
                        autochannels = AUTOCHANNELS_ENABLED;
-                       force = 1;
+                       force_autochannels = true;
                        break;  
                case 'c':
                        errno = 0;
                        "diag %s\n", dev_dir_name);
                goto error;
        }
-       if ((num_channels && autochannels == AUTOCHANNELS_ENABLED) && !force) {
+       if ((num_channels && autochannels == AUTOCHANNELS_ENABLED) &&
+           !force_autochannels) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Auto-channels selected but some channels "
                        "are already activated in sysfs\n");
                fprintf(stderr, "Proceeding without activating any channels\n");
        }
 
        if ((!num_channels && autochannels == AUTOCHANNELS_ENABLED) ||
-           ((autochannels == AUTOCHANNELS_ENABLED) && force)) {
+           ((autochannels == AUTOCHANNELS_ENABLED) && force_autochannels)) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Enabling all channels\n");
 
                ret = enable_disable_all_channels(dev_dir_name, 1);