Index: /trunk/psastro/src/psastroArguments.c
===================================================================
--- /trunk/psastro/src/psastroArguments.c	(revision 19556)
+++ /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) {
Index: /trunk/psastro/src/psastroParseCamera.c
===================================================================
--- /trunk/psastro/src/psastroParseCamera.c	(revision 19556)
+++ /trunk/psastro/src/psastroParseCamera.c	(revision 19557)
@@ -33,4 +33,13 @@
     psFree (chips);
 
+    psString dump_file = psMetadataLookupStr(&status, config->arguments, "DUMP_CONFIG");
+    if (dump_file) {
+        pmConfigCamerasCull(config, NULL);
+        pmConfigRecipesCull(config, "PPIMAGE,PPSTATS,PSPHOT,MASKS,PSASTRO");
+
+        pmConfigDump(config, input->fpa, dump_file);
+    }
+
+
     psTrace("psastro", 1, "Done with psastroParseCamera...\n");
     return true;