Index: trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_finish.pl
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--- trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_finish.pl	(revision 27670)
+++ trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_finish.pl	(revision 27751)
@@ -124,5 +124,5 @@
     my ($rlf, $reglist_name) = tempfile ("$out_dir/reglist.XXXX", UNLINK => !$save_temps);
     print $rlf "results.fits|||table|\n";
-    print $rlf "results.mdc|||txt|\n";
+    print $rlf "results.mdc|||text|\n";
 
     my $err_file = "parse_error.txt";
@@ -171,4 +171,5 @@
         my $exp_id = $job->{exp_id};
 
+
         if (($fault eq $PSTAMP_DUP_REQUEST) and ($req_name eq "NULL")) {
             # this request had a duplicate request name. We can't put the results
@@ -188,9 +189,20 @@
         }
 
-        if ($exp_id ne $last_exp_id) {
+        my $job_params = get_job_parameters($job);
+        my $stage = "";
+        if ($job_params) {
+            $stage = $job_params->{stage};
+        }
+
+        if ($stage ne 'stack') {
             # get the metadata for the exposure (if any i.e. stack) 
             # returns an appropriate string if !$exp_id
             $exp_info = get_exposure_info($image_db, $exp_id);
             $last_exp_id = $exp_id;
+        } else {
+            my $filter = $job_params->{filter};
+            $filter = "0" if !$filter;
+            $exp_info = "0|0|0|$filter|0|0";
+            $last_exp_id = -1;
         }
 
@@ -344,4 +356,32 @@
 }
 
+sub get_job_parameters {
+    my $job = shift;
+    if (!$job->{outputBase}) {
+        print "get_job_parameters: $job->{job_id} has no outputBase\n";
+        return undef;
+    }
+    my $params_file = $job->{outputBase} . '.mdc';
+    if (! -e $params_file ) {
+        print "get_job_parameters: $job->{job_id} has no parameters file\n";
+        return undef;
+    }
+    open IN, "<$params_file" or die "unable to open $params_file";
+    my $data = join "", (<IN>);
+    close IN;
+    if (! $data ) {
+        print "get_job_parameters: parameters file is empty\n";
+        return undef;
+    }
+    my $metadata = $mdcParser->parse($data) or die("Unable to parse metdata config doc");
+
+    my $results = parse_md_list($metadata);
+    if (scalar @$results != 1) {
+        print STDERR "get_job_params: failed to parse_md_list\n";
+        return undef;
+    }
+    return $results->[0];
+}
+
 sub get_exposure_info {
     my $image_db= shift;