Index: trunk/psastro/src/psastroArguments.c
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--- trunk/psastro/src/psastroArguments.c	(revision 18007)
+++ trunk/psastro/src/psastroArguments.c	(revision 19557)
@@ -81,4 +81,11 @@
     }
 
+    // dump the configuration to a file?
+    if ((N = psArgumentGet (argc, argv, "-dumpconfig"))) {
+        psArgumentRemove (N, &argc, argv);
+        psMetadataAddStr (config->arguments, PS_LIST_TAIL, "DUMP_CONFIG", PS_META_REPLACE, "", argv[N]);
+        psArgumentRemove (N, &argc, argv);
+    }
+
     status = pmConfigFileSetsMD (config->arguments, &argc, argv, "INPUT", "-file", "-list");
     if (!status) {