Index: trunk/ippTools/src/dettoolConfig.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippTools/src/dettoolConfig.c	(revision 10706)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/dettoolConfig.c	(revision 10739)
@@ -645,4 +645,5 @@
     psFree(now);
 
+    
 #define PXTOOL_MODE(option, modeval, argset) \
 { \
@@ -708,7 +709,17 @@
         argErr = true;
         fprintf (stderr, "mode argument is required\n");
-    } else if (! psArgumentParse(config->args, &argc, argv) || argc != 1) {
-        argErr = true;
-        fprintf (stderr, "error parsing arguments\n");
+    } else { 
+	if (! psArgumentParse(config->args, &argc, argv)) {
+	    argErr = true;
+	    fprintf (stderr, "error parsing arguments\n");
+	} 
+	if (argc != 1) {
+	    fprintf (stderr, "extra arguments: ");
+	    for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+		fprintf (stderr, "%s ", argv[i]);
+	    }		
+	    fprintf (stderr, "\n");
+	    argErr = true;
+	}
     }
 
@@ -729,5 +740,4 @@
         }
         psFree(iter);
-
         psFree(argSets);
         goto FAIL;