Index: trunk/ippconfig/recipes/filerules-mef.mdc
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippconfig/recipes/filerules-mef.mdc	(revision 28252)
+++ trunk/ippconfig/recipes/filerules-mef.mdc	(revision 28286)
@@ -153,4 +153,9 @@
 PPBGRESTORE.INPUT       INPUT    @FILES        CHIP       IMAGE
 PPBGRESTORE.BACKMDL     INPUT    @FILES        CHIP       IMAGE
+
+PPBACKGROUND.IMAGE	  INPUT    @FILES        CHIP       IMAGE
+PPBACKGROUND.MASK	  INPUT    @FILES        CHIP       MASK
+PPBACKGROUND.PATTERN	  INPUT    @FILES        CHIP       PATTERN
+PPBACKGROUND.BACKGROUND	  INPUT    @FILES        CHIP       IMAGE
 
 ### output file definitions
@@ -328,2 +333,5 @@
 
 PPBGRESTORE.OUTPUT      OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.{CHIP.NAME}.fits         IMAGE     COMP_IMG   CHIP       TRUE      NONE
+
+PPBACKGROUND.OUTPUT	     OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.{CHIP.NAME}.fits    IMAGE     COMP_IMG   CHIP       TRUE      NONE
+PPBACKGROUND.OUTPUT.MASK     OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.{CHIP.NAME}.mk.fits MASK      COMP_MASK  CHIP       TRUE      NONE
Index: trunk/ippconfig/recipes/filerules-simple.mdc
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippconfig/recipes/filerules-simple.mdc	(revision 28252)
+++ trunk/ippconfig/recipes/filerules-simple.mdc	(revision 28286)
@@ -128,4 +128,9 @@
 
 PPVIZPATTERN.INPUT        INPUT    @FILES        CHIP       PATTERN
+
+PPBACKGROUND.IMAGE	  INPUT    @FILES        CHIP       IMAGE
+PPBACKGROUND.MASK	  INPUT    @FILES        CHIP       MASK
+PPBACKGROUND.PATTERN	  INPUT    @FILES        CHIP       PATTERN
+PPBACKGROUND.BACKGROUND	  INPUT    @FILES        CHIP       IMAGE
 
 ### output file definitions
@@ -293,2 +298,5 @@
 
 PPBGRESTORE.OUTPUT           OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.fits                 IMAGE           NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
+
+PPBACKGROUND.OUTPUT	     OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.{CHIP.NAME}.fits         IMAGE           NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
+PPBACKGROUND.OUTPUT.MASK     OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.{CHIP.NAME}.mk.fits      MASK            NONE       FPA        TRUE      NONE
Index: trunk/ippconfig/recipes/filerules-split.mdc
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippconfig/recipes/filerules-split.mdc	(revision 28252)
+++ trunk/ippconfig/recipes/filerules-split.mdc	(revision 28286)
@@ -139,4 +139,9 @@
                           
 PPVIZPATTERN.INPUT        INPUT    @FILES        CHIP       PATTERN
+
+PPBACKGROUND.IMAGE	  INPUT    @FILES        CHIP       IMAGE
+PPBACKGROUND.MASK	  INPUT    @FILES        CHIP       MASK
+PPBACKGROUND.PATTERN	  INPUT    @FILES        CHIP       PATTERN
+PPBACKGROUND.BACKGROUND	  INPUT    @FILES        CHIP       IMAGE
 
 ### output file definitions
@@ -319,4 +324,6 @@
 PPVIZPATTERN.CHIP            OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.{CHIP.NAME}.ch.fits      IMAGE           NONE       CHIP       TRUE      NONE
 
+PPBACKGROUND.OUTPUT	     OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.{CHIP.NAME}.fits         IMAGE           COMP_IMG   CHIP       TRUE      NONE
+PPBACKGROUND.OUTPUT.MASK     OUTPUT {OUTPUT}.{CHIP.NAME}.mk.fits      MASK            COMP_MASK  CHIP       TRUE      NONE
 
 # FILERULE naming operators: