Index: trunk/psphot/src/psphotParseCamera.c
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--- trunk/psphot/src/psphotParseCamera.c	(revision 12805)
+++ trunk/psphot/src/psphotParseCamera.c	(revision 13528)
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@
     // if MASK or WEIGHT was supplied on command line, bind files to 'load'
     // the mask and weight will be mosaicked with the image
-    pmFPAfileBindFromArgs (NULL, load, config, "PSPHOT.MASK",   "MASK");
-    pmFPAfileBindFromArgs (NULL, load, config, "PSPHOT.WEIGHT", "WEIGHT");
+    pmFPAfileBindFromArgs (&status, load, config, "PSPHOT.MASK",   "MASK");
+    if (!status) {
+	psError (PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "failed to load find definition");
+	return NULL;
+    }
+
+    pmFPAfileBindFromArgs (&status, load, config, "PSPHOT.WEIGHT", "WEIGHT");
+    if (!status) {
+	psError (PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "failed to load find definition");
+	return NULL;
+    }
 
     // the psphot analysis is performed on chips