Index: /tags/ipp-20100823/ippTools/src/difftool.c
===================================================================
--- /tags/ipp-20100823/ippTools/src/difftool.c	(revision 29201)
+++ /tags/ipp-20100823/ippTools/src/difftool.c	(revision 29202)
@@ -2868,5 +2868,5 @@
     pxAddLabelSearchArgs (config, where, "-data_group", "diffRun.data_group", "LIKE");
     pxAddLabelSearchArgs (config, where, "-dist_group", "diffRun.dist_group", "LIKE");
-
+    
     PXOPT_LOOKUP_BOOL(template, config->args, "-template", false);
     if (!template) {
@@ -2890,5 +2890,8 @@
     PXOPT_LOOKUP_BOOL(simple, config->args, "-simple", false);
     PXOPT_LOOKUP_BOOL(pstamp_order, config->args, "-pstamp_order", false);
-
+    PXOPT_LOOKUP_S16(diff_mode, config->args, "-diff_mode", false, false);
+    if (diff_mode) {
+      PXOPT_COPY_S16(config->args, where, "-diff_mode", "diffRun.diff_mode", "==");
+    }
 
     psString where2 = NULL;
Index: /tags/ipp-20100823/ippTools/src/difftoolConfig.c
===================================================================
--- /tags/ipp-20100823/ippTools/src/difftoolConfig.c	(revision 29201)
+++ /tags/ipp-20100823/ippTools/src/difftoolConfig.c	(revision 29202)
@@ -184,4 +184,5 @@
     psMetadataAddStr(listrunArgs,  PS_LIST_TAIL, "-data_group",  PS_META_DUPLICATE_OK, "search by diffRun data_group (LIKE comparison)", NULL);
     psMetadataAddStr(listrunArgs,  PS_LIST_TAIL, "-dist_group",  PS_META_DUPLICATE_OK, "search by diffRun dist_group (LIKE comparison)", NULL);
+    psMetadataAddS16(listrunArgs,  PS_LIST_TAIL, "-diff_mode", 0,        "search for diff_mode", 0);
     pxmagicAddArguments(listrunArgs);
     pxspaceAddArguments(listrunArgs);
Index: /tags/ipp-20100823/ippTools/src/disttool.c
===================================================================
--- /tags/ipp-20100823/ippTools/src/disttool.c	(revision 29201)
+++ /tags/ipp-20100823/ippTools/src/disttool.c	(revision 29202)
@@ -519,5 +519,5 @@
     PXOPT_COPY_STR(config->args, where, "-stage", "stage", "==");;
     PXOPT_COPY_STR(config->args, where, "-state", "distRun.state", "==");
-    PXOPT_COPY_STR(config->args, where, "-label", "label", "==");
+    PXOPT_COPY_STR(config->args, where, "-label", "label", "LIKE");
     PXOPT_COPY_STR(config->args, where, "-data_group", "distRun.data_group", "LIKE");
     PXOPT_COPY_STR(config->args, where, "-dist_group", "distTarget.dist_group", "==");
Index: /tags/ipp-20100823/ippTools/src/disttoolConfig.c
===================================================================
--- /tags/ipp-20100823/ippTools/src/disttoolConfig.c	(revision 29201)
+++ /tags/ipp-20100823/ippTools/src/disttoolConfig.c	(revision 29202)
@@ -76,6 +76,6 @@
     psMetadataAddStr(updaterunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-stage",     0, "value for stage", NULL);
     psMetadataAddStr(updaterunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-state",     0, "value for state", NULL);
-    psMetadataAddStr(updaterunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-label",     0, "limit updates to label", NULL);
-    psMetadataAddStr(updaterunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-data_group",     0, "limit updates to data_group", NULL);
+    psMetadataAddStr(updaterunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-label",     0, "limit updates to label (LIKE comparison)", NULL);
+    psMetadataAddStr(updaterunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-data_group",     0, "limit updates to data_group (LIKE comparison)", NULL);
     psMetadataAddStr(updaterunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-dist_group",     0, "limit updates to data_group", NULL);
     psMetadataAddTime(updaterunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-time_stamp_begin", 0, "limit updates by time_stamp (>=)", NULL); 
Index: /tags/ipp-20100823/ippTools/src/staticskytool.c
===================================================================
--- /tags/ipp-20100823/ippTools/src/staticskytool.c	(revision 29201)
+++ /tags/ipp-20100823/ippTools/src/staticskytool.c	(revision 29202)
@@ -290,5 +290,5 @@
 				workdir,
 				label,
-				data_group,
+				data_group ? data_group : label,
 				dist_group,
 				reduction,