Index: trunk/psastro/src/psastroDefineFiles.c
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--- trunk/psastro/src/psastroDefineFiles.c	(revision 12806)
+++ trunk/psastro/src/psastroDefineFiles.c	(revision 14212)
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@
 
     // these calls bind the I/O handle to the specified fpa
-    if (!pmFPAfileDefineOutput (config, input->fpa, "PSASTRO.OUTPUT")) {
+    pmFPAfile *output = NULL;
+
+    output = pmFPAfileDefineOutput (config, input->fpa, "PSASTRO.OUTPUT");
+    if (!output) {
 	psError(PSASTRO_ERR_CONFIG, false, "Failed to build FPA from PSASTRO.INPUT");
 	return false;
     }
+    output->save = true;
 
 # if (0)