Index: trunk/ippconfig/recipes/filerules-mef.mdc
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippconfig/recipes/filerules-mef.mdc	(revision 19379)
+++ trunk/ippconfig/recipes/filerules-mef.mdc	(revision 19394)
@@ -127,4 +127,5 @@
 PPIMAGE.OUTPUT.DETMASK  OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.fits                     IMAGE     MASK       CHIP       TRUE      MEF
 PPIMAGE.OUTPUT.RESID    OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.b0.fits                  IMAGE     COMP_SUB   CHIP       TRUE      MEF
+PPIMAGE.CONFIG          OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.{CHIP.NAME}.ppImage.mdc  TEXT      NONE       CHIP       TRUE      NONE
 		        					        		     
 PPIMAGE.CHIP.MEF        OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.ch.fits                  IMAGE     COMP_IMG   CHIP       TRUE      MEF
@@ -150,4 +151,5 @@
 PPIMAGE.STATS         	OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.stats                    STATS     NONE       FPA        TRUE      MEF
 
+
 ## note: these use the same output naming convention since they are used for different ppMerge runs
 PPMERGE.OUTPUT.MASK     OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.fits                   	 MASK      NONE       CHIP       TRUE      NONE
@@ -197,4 +199,5 @@
 PSWARP.BIN1           	OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.b1.fits                  IMAGE     COMP_IMG   FPA        TRUE      NONE
 PSWARP.BIN2           	OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.b2.fits                  IMAGE     COMP_IMG   FPA        TRUE      NONE
+PSWARP.CONFIG           OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.pswarp.mdc               TEXT      NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
 		      						       		     
 SKYCELL.STATS         	OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.stats                    STATS     NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
@@ -205,4 +208,5 @@
 PPSUB.OUTPUT.WEIGHT   	OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.wt.fits                  WEIGHT    COMP_WT    FPA        TRUE      NONE
 PPSUB.OUTPUT.KERNELS    OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.subkernel                SUBKERNEL NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
+PPSUB.CONFIG            OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.ppSub.mdc                TEXT      NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
 		      						       		     
 PPSTACK.OUTPUT        	OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.fits                     IMAGE     COMP_IMG   FPA        TRUE      NONE
@@ -210,4 +214,5 @@
 PPSTACK.OUTPUT.WEIGHT 	OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.wt.fits                  WEIGHT    COMP_WT    FPA        TRUE      NONE
 PPSTACK.TARGET.PSF      OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.target.psf               PSF       NONE       CHIP       TRUE      NONE
+PPSTACK.CONFIG          OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.ppStack.mdc              TEXT      NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
 		      						       		     
 PPSTAMP.OUTPUT        	OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.fits                     IMAGE     NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
Index: trunk/ippconfig/recipes/filerules-simple.mdc
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippconfig/recipes/filerules-simple.mdc	(revision 19379)
+++ trunk/ippconfig/recipes/filerules-simple.mdc	(revision 19394)
@@ -90,4 +90,5 @@
 PPIMAGE.OUTPUT.DETMASK  OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.fits         IMAGE     NONE       FPA        TRUE      SIMPLE
 PPIMAGE.OUTPUT.RESID    OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.fits         IMAGE     NONE       FPA        TRUE      SIMPLE
+PPIMAGE.CONFIG          OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.ppImage.mdc  TEXT      NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
 						     
 PPIMAGE.CHIP        	OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.ch.fits      IMAGE     NONE       FPA        TRUE      SIMPLE
@@ -105,4 +106,5 @@
 						     
 PPIMAGE.STATS       	OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.stats        STATS     NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
+
 
 ## note: these use the  same output naming convention since they are used for different ppMerge runs
@@ -150,4 +152,5 @@
 PSWARP.BIN1         	OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.b1.fits      IMAGE     NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
 PSWARP.BIN2         	OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.b2.fits      IMAGE     NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
+PSWARP.CONFIG           OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.pswarp.mdc   TEXT      NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
 						     
 SKYCELL.STATS       	OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.stats        STATS     NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
@@ -158,4 +161,5 @@
 PPSUB.OUTPUT.WEIGHT 	OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.wt.fits      WEIGHT    NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
 PPSUB.OUTPUT.KERNELS    OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.subkernel    SUBKERNEL NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
+PPSUB.CONFIG            OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.ppSub.mdc    TEXT      NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
 					     
 PPSTACK.OUTPUT      	OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.fits         IMAGE     NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
@@ -163,4 +167,5 @@
 PPSTACK.OUTPUT.WEIGHT   OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.weight.fits  WEIGHT    NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
 PPSTACK.TARGET.PSF      OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.target.psf   PSF       NONE       CHIP       TRUE      NONE
+PPSTACK.CONFIG          OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.ppStack.mdc  TEXT      NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
 					     
 PPSTAMP.OUTPUT      	OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.fits         IMAGE     NONE       FPA        TRUE      SIMPLE
Index: trunk/ippconfig/recipes/filerules-split.mdc
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippconfig/recipes/filerules-split.mdc	(revision 19379)
+++ trunk/ippconfig/recipes/filerules-split.mdc	(revision 19394)
@@ -93,4 +93,5 @@
 PPIMAGE.OUTPUT.DETMASK  OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.{CHIP.NAME}.fits         IMAGE     DET_MASK   CHIP       TRUE      NONE
 PPIMAGE.OUTPUT.RESID    OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.{CHIP.NAME}.fits         IMAGE     COMP_SUB   CHIP       TRUE      NONE
+PPIMAGE.CONFIG          OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.{CHIP.NAME}.ppImage.mdc  TEXT      NONE       CHIP       TRUE      NONE
 
 #PPIMAGE.OUTPUT          OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.{CHIP.NAME}.fits         IMAGE     NONE  CHIP       TRUE      NONE
@@ -162,4 +163,5 @@
 PSWARP.BIN1             OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.b1.fits                  IMAGE     NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
 PSWARP.BIN2             OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.b2.fits                  IMAGE     NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
+PSWARP.CONFIG           OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.pswarp.mdc               TEXT      NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
 		        									        
 SKYCELL.STATS           OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.stats                    STATS     NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
@@ -170,4 +172,5 @@
 PPSUB.OUTPUT.WEIGHT     OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.wt.fits                  WEIGHT    COMP_WT    FPA        TRUE      NONE
 PPSUB.OUTPUT.KERNELS    OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.subkernel                SUBKERNEL NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
+PPSUB.CONFIG            OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.ppSub.mdc                TEXT      NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
 											        
 PPSTACK.OUTPUT          OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.fits                     IMAGE     COMP_IMG   FPA        TRUE      NONE
@@ -175,5 +178,6 @@
 PPSTACK.OUTPUT.WEIGHT   OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.wt.fits                  WEIGHT    COMP_WT    FPA        TRUE      NONE
 PPSTACK.TARGET.PSF      OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.target.psf               PSF       NONE       CHIP       TRUE      NONE
-		        									        
+PPSTACK.CONFIG          OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.ppStack.mdc              TEXT      NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
+
 PPSTAMP.OUTPUT          OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.fits                     IMAGE     NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
 PPSTAMP.CHIP            OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.ch.fits                  IMAGE     NONE       CHIP       FALSE     MEF