Index: trunk/psastro/src/psastroDefineFiles.c
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--- trunk/psastro/src/psastroDefineFiles.c	(revision 15660)
+++ trunk/psastro/src/psastroDefineFiles.c	(revision 15669)
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@
     bool saveAstrom = psMetadataLookupBool (&status, recipe, "SAVE.REF.ASTROM");
     if (saveAstrom) {
-        if (!pmFPAfileDefineOutputFromFile (config, input, "PSASTRO.OUT.ASTROM")) {
+	pmFPAfile *outAstrom = pmFPAfileDefineOutputFromFile (config, input, "PSASTRO.OUT.ASTROM");
+        if (!outAstrom) {
             psError (PS_ERR_IO, false, "Can't find a reference astrometry file");
             return NULL;
         }
+	outAstrom->save = true;
     }