Index: trunk/ippTools/src/dettool.c
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--- trunk/ippTools/src/dettool.c	(revision 14435)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/dettool.c	(revision 14665)
@@ -6629,8 +6629,4 @@
         return false;
     }
-    if (!workdir) {
-        psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, true, "-workdir is required");
-        return false;
-    }
 
     psString camera = psMetadataLookupStr(&status, config->args, "-inst");