Index: trunk/ippTools/src/chiptool.c
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--- trunk/ippTools/src/chiptool.c	(revision 12200)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/chiptool.c	(revision 12232)
@@ -158,4 +158,10 @@
 
     bool status = false;
+    psString workdir = psMetadataLookupStr(&status, config->args, "-set_workdir");
+    if (!status) {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "failed to lookup value for -set_workdir");
+        return false;
+    }
+
     psString label = psMetadataLookupStr(&status, config->args, "-set_label");
     if (!status) {
@@ -234,5 +240,5 @@
 
         // queue the exp
-        if (!chipQueueExpTag(config, exp_tag, label, recipe, expgroup, dvodb)) {
+        if (!chipQueueExpTag(config, exp_tag, workdir, label, recipe, expgroup, dvodb)) {
             if (!psDBRollback(config->dbh)) {
                 psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "database error");