Index: trunk/ppMerge/src/ppMergeOptions.c
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--- trunk/ppMerge/src/ppMergeOptions.c	(revision 15914)
+++ trunk/ppMerge/src/ppMergeOptions.c	(revision 15953)
@@ -64,4 +64,5 @@
     options->satMask = 0x00;
     options->badMask = 0x00;
+    options->growPixels = 0;
     return options;
 }
@@ -156,4 +157,5 @@
     OPTION_PARSE(options->maskBad,           recipe, "MASK.BAD",       F32);
     OPTION_PARSE(options->statsByChip,       recipe, "STATS.BY.CHIP",  Bool);
+    OPTION_PARSE(options->growPixels,        recipe, "MASK.GROW.NPIX", S32);
 
     const char *masks = psMetadataLookupStr(NULL, recipe, "MASKVAL");