Index: trunk/ippTools/src/pxtools.c
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--- trunk/ippTools/src/pxtools.c	(revision 26981)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/pxtools.c	(revision 27258)
@@ -170,4 +170,10 @@
     psFree(whereClause);
 
+    bool mdok;                          // Status of MD lookup
+    if (psMetadataLookupBool(&mdok, config->args, "-pretend")) {
+        psLogMsg("pxtools", PS_LOG_INFO, "Query to run: %s\n", *pQuery);
+        return true;
+    }
+
     if (!p_psDBRunQuery(config->dbh, *pQuery)) {
         psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "database error");