Index: trunk/ippTools/src/camtool.c
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--- trunk/ippTools/src/camtool.c	(revision 28339)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/camtool.c	(revision 28370)
@@ -130,4 +130,8 @@
     PXOPT_LOOKUP_STR(note, config->args, "-set_note", false, false);
 
+    // default
+    PXOPT_LOOKUP_BOOL(pretend, config->args, "-pretend", false);
+    PXOPT_LOOKUP_BOOL(simple, config->args, "-simple", false);
+
     // find the exp_id of all the exposures that we want to queue up.
     psString query = pxDataGet("camtool_find_chip_id.sql");
@@ -161,4 +165,15 @@
     if (!psArrayLength(output)) {
         psTrace("camtool", PS_LOG_INFO, "no rows found");
+        psFree(output);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if (pretend) {
+        // negative simple so the default is true
+        if (!ippdbPrintMetadatas(stdout, output, "chipRun", !simple)) {
+            psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "failed to print array");
+            psFree(output);
+            return false;
+        }
         psFree(output);
         return true;