Index: trunk/psphot/src/psphotDefineFiles.c
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--- trunk/psphot/src/psphotDefineFiles.c	(revision 25983)
+++ trunk/psphot/src/psphotDefineFiles.c	(revision 33963)
@@ -85,4 +85,26 @@
         output->save = true;
     }
+//    // optionally save the smoothed variance model (small FITS image)
+//    if (psMetadataLookupBool(NULL, recipe, "SAVE.BACKMDL")) {
+//        int DX = psMetadataLookupS32 (&status, recipe, "BACKGROUND.XBIN");
+//        int DY = psMetadataLookupS32 (&status, recipe, "BACKGROUND.YBIN");
+//        pmFPAfile *output = pmFPAfileDefineFromFile (config, input, DX, DY, "PSPHOT.VARMDL");
+//        if (!output) {
+//            psError(PSPHOT_ERR_CONFIG, false, "Cannot find a rule for PSPHOT.VARMDL");
+//            return false;
+//        }
+//        output->save = true;
+//    }
+//    // optionally save the smoothed variance model's standard deviation (small FITS image)
+//    if (psMetadataLookupBool(NULL, recipe, "SAVE.VARMDL.STDEV")) {
+//        int DX = psMetadataLookupS32 (&status, recipe, "BACKGROUND.XBIN");
+//        int DY = psMetadataLookupS32 (&status, recipe, "BACKGROUND.YBIN");
+//        pmFPAfile *output = pmFPAfileDefineFromFile (config, input, DX, DY, "PSPHOT.VARMDL.STDEV");
+//        if (!output) {
+//            psError(PSPHOT_ERR_CONFIG, false, "Cannot find a rule for PSPHOT.VARMDL.STDEV");
+//            return false;
+//        }
+//        output->save = true;
+//    }
     // optionally save the PSF Model
     if (psMetadataLookupBool(NULL, recipe, "SAVE.PSF")) {