Index: trunk/ippTools/src/sctoolConfig.c
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--- trunk/ippTools/src/sctoolConfig.c	(revision 33730)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/sctoolConfig.c	(revision 33730)
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ * sctoolConfig.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 IfA University of Hawaii
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * program; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include <psmodules.h>
+
+#include "pxtools.h"
+#include "sctool.h"
+
+pxConfig *sctoolConfig(pxConfig *config, int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    if (!config) {
+        config = pxConfigAlloc();
+    }
+
+    pmConfigReadParamsSet(false);
+
+    config->modules = pmConfigRead(&argc, argv, NULL);
+    if (! config->modules) {
+        psError(psErrorCodeLast(), false, "Can't find site configuration");
+        psFree(config);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    // -defineskycells
+    psMetadata *defineskycellsArgs = psMetadataAlloc();
+    psMetadataAddStr(defineskycellsArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-input", 0, "file containing skycell data (required)", NULL);
+
+    psMetadata *argSets = psMetadataAlloc();
+    psMetadata *modes = psMetadataAlloc();
+
+    PXOPT_ADD_MODE("-defineskycells",        "insert skycells from mdc file",       SCTOOL_MODE_DEFINESKYCELLS,        defineskycellsArgs);
+
+    if (!pxGetOptions(stderr, argc, argv, config, modes, argSets)) {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "option parsing failed");
+        psFree(argSets);
+        psFree(modes);
+        psFree(config);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    psFree(argSets);
+    psFree(modes);
+
+    // define Database handle, if used
+    config->dbh = psMemIncrRefCounter(pmConfigDB(config->modules));
+    if (!config->dbh) {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "Can't configure database");
+        psFree(config);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return config;
+}