Index: /branches/pap/psLib/src/fits/psFits.c
===================================================================
--- /branches/pap/psLib/src/fits/psFits.c	(revision 25325)
+++ /branches/pap/psLib/src/fits/psFits.c	(revision 25326)
@@ -344,6 +344,8 @@
 // Therefore, we implement our own version of moving to an extension specified by name.  The pure cfitsio
 // version is used if "conventions.compression" handling is turned off in the psFits structure.
-bool psFitsMoveExtName(const psFits* fits,
-                       const char* extname)
+static bool fitsMoveExtName(const psFits* fits, // FITS file
+                            const char* extname, // Extension name
+                            bool errors // Generate errors?
+    )
 {
     PS_ASSERT_FITS_NON_NULL(fits, false);
@@ -356,5 +358,7 @@
         // User wants to use cfitsio.  Good luck to them!
         if (fits_movnam_hdu(fits->fd, ANY_HDU, (char*)extname, 0, &status) != 0) {
-            psFitsError(status, true, _("Could not find HDU '%s'"), extname);
+            if (errors) {
+                psFitsError(status, true, _("Could not find HDU '%s'"), extname);
+            }
             return false;
         }
@@ -378,5 +382,7 @@
         if (fits_movabs_hdu(fits->fd, i, &hdutype, &status)) {
             // We've run off the end
-            psFitsError(status, true, _("Could not find HDU with %s = '%s'"), extword, extname);
+            if (errors) {
+                psFitsError(status, true, _("Could not find HDU with %s = '%s'"), extword, extname);
+            }
             return false;
         }
@@ -406,4 +412,15 @@
     }
     psAbort("Should never reach here.");
+}
+
+
+bool psFitsMoveExtName(const psFits* fits, const char* extname)
+{
+    return fitsMoveExtName(fits, extname, true);
+}
+
+bool psFitsMoveExtNameClean(const psFits* fits, const char* extname)
+{
+    return fitsMoveExtName(fits, extname, false);
 }
 
Index: /branches/pap/psLib/src/fits/psFits.h
===================================================================
--- /branches/pap/psLib/src/fits/psFits.h	(revision 25325)
+++ /branches/pap/psLib/src/fits/psFits.h	(revision 25326)
@@ -245,4 +245,14 @@
 );
 
+/** Moves the FITS HDU to the specified extension name without generating errors.
+ *
+ *  @return bool        TRUE if the extension name was found and move was
+ *                      successful, otherwise FALSE
+ */
+bool psFitsMoveExtNameClean(
+    const psFits* fits,                ///< the psFits object to move
+    const char* extname                ///< the extension name
+);
+
 /** Moves the FITS HDU to the specified extension number
  *