Index: /trunk/ippTools/src/difftool.c
===================================================================
--- /trunk/ippTools/src/difftool.c	(revision 34769)
+++ /trunk/ippTools/src/difftool.c	(revision 34770)
@@ -2742,17 +2742,35 @@
     PS_ASSERT_PTR_NON_NULL(config, false);
 
-    PXOPT_LOOKUP_S16(fault, config->args, "-fault", true, false);
-    PXOPT_LOOKUP_S16(quality, config->args, "-set_quality", false, false);
-
-    psMetadata *where = psMetadataAlloc();
-    PXOPT_COPY_S64(config->args, where, "-diff_id",   "diff_id",   "==");
-    PXOPT_COPY_STR(config->args, where, "-skycell_id", "skycell_id",   "==");
-
-    if (!pxSetFaultCode(config->dbh, "diffSkyfile", where, fault, quality)) {
-        psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "failed to set set fault flag");
+    PXOPT_LOOKUP_STR(state, config->args, "-set_state", false, false);
+
+    if (!state) {
+        psMetadata *where = psMetadataAlloc();
+        PXOPT_COPY_S64(config->args, where, "-diff_id",   "diff_id",   "==");
+        PXOPT_COPY_STR(config->args, where, "-skycell_id", "skycell_id",   "==");
+
+        PXOPT_LOOKUP_S16(fault, config->args, "-fault", true, false);
+        PXOPT_LOOKUP_S16(quality, config->args, "-set_quality", false, false);
+
+        if (!pxSetFaultCode(config->dbh, "diffSkyfile", where, fault, quality)) {
+            psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "failed to set set fault flag");
+            psFree (where);
+            return false;
+        }
         psFree (where);
-        return false;
-    }
-    psFree (where);
+    } else {
+      if (strcmp(state,"error_cleaned") == 0) {
+        change_skyfile_data_state(config,"error_cleaned", "goto_cleaned");
+      }
+      else if (strcmp(state, "error_scrubbed") == 0) {
+        change_skyfile_data_state(config,"error_scrubbed", "goto_scrubbed");
+      }
+      else if (strcmp(state, "error_purged") == 0) {
+        change_skyfile_data_state(config,"error_purged", "goto_purged");
+      }
+      else {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "unhandled state given");
+        return(false);
+      }
+    }
 
     return true;
Index: /trunk/ippTools/src/difftoolConfig.c
===================================================================
--- /trunk/ippTools/src/difftoolConfig.c	(revision 34769)
+++ /trunk/ippTools/src/difftoolConfig.c	(revision 34770)
@@ -412,4 +412,5 @@
     psMetadataAddBool(donecleanupArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-simple",  0,          "use the simple output format", false);
     psMetadataAddU64(donecleanupArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-limit",  0,            "limit result set to N items", 0);
+
     // -updatediffskyfile
     psMetadata *updatediffskyfileArgs = psMetadataAlloc();
@@ -417,5 +418,6 @@
     psMetadataAddStr(updatediffskyfileArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-skycell_id", 0,   "search by skycell ID", NULL);
     psMetadataAddS16(updatediffskyfileArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-fault", 0,        "set fault code (required)", 0);
-    psMetadataAddS16(updatediffskyfileArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-set_quality", 0,      "set quality", 0);
+    psMetadataAddS16(updatediffskyfileArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-set_quality", 0,  "set quality", 0);
+    psMetadataAddStr(updatediffskyfileArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-set_state", 0,    "set data_state state", NULL);
 
     // -tocleanedskyfile