Index: /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150112/Ohana/src/dvomerge/src/args.c
===================================================================
--- /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150112/Ohana/src/dvomerge/src/args.c	(revision 37848)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150112/Ohana/src/dvomerge/src/args.c	(revision 37849)
@@ -206,4 +206,11 @@
   }
 
+  UPDATE_CATFORMAT = NULL;
+  if ((N = get_argument (*argc, argv, "-update-catformat"))) {
+    remove_argument (N, argc, argv);
+    UPDATE_CATFORMAT = strcreate (argv[N]);
+    remove_argument (N, argc, argv);
+  }
+
   /* replace measurement, don't duplicate */
   REPLACE_BY_PHOTCODE = FALSE;
Index: /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150112/Ohana/src/dvomerge/src/dvomergeUpdate_catalogs.c
===================================================================
--- /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150112/Ohana/src/dvomerge/src/dvomergeUpdate_catalogs.c	(revision 37848)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150112/Ohana/src/dvomerge/src/dvomergeUpdate_catalogs.c	(revision 37849)
@@ -270,11 +270,12 @@
 
     char tmpline[DVO_MAX_PATH];
-    if (VERBOSE)             { snprintf (tmpline, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s -v",               command); strcpy (command, tmpline); }
-    if (VERIFY)              { snprintf (tmpline, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s -verify",          command); strcpy (command, tmpline); }
-    if (VERIFY_CATALOG_ONLY) { snprintf (tmpline, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s -verify-catalogs", command); strcpy (command, tmpline); }
-    if (REPLACE_BY_PHOTCODE) { snprintf (tmpline, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s -replace",         command); strcpy (command, tmpline); }
-    if (PARALLEL_INPUT)      { snprintf (tmpline, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s -parallel-input",  command); strcpy (command, tmpline); }
-    if (FORCE_MERGE)         { snprintf (tmpline, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s -force-merge",     command); strcpy (command, tmpline); }
-    if (MATCHED_TABLES)      { snprintf (tmpline, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s -matched-tables",  command); strcpy (command, tmpline); }
+    if (VERBOSE)             { snprintf (tmpline, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s -v",                command); strcpy (command, tmpline); }
+    if (VERIFY)              { snprintf (tmpline, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s -verify",           command); strcpy (command, tmpline); }
+    if (VERIFY_CATALOG_ONLY) { snprintf (tmpline, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s -verify-catalogs",  command); strcpy (command, tmpline); }
+    if (REPLACE_BY_PHOTCODE) { snprintf (tmpline, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s -replace",          command); strcpy (command, tmpline); }
+    if (PARALLEL_INPUT)      { snprintf (tmpline, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s -parallel-input",   command); strcpy (command, tmpline); }
+    if (FORCE_MERGE)         { snprintf (tmpline, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s -force-merge",      command); strcpy (command, tmpline); }
+    if (MATCHED_TABLES)      { snprintf (tmpline, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s -matched-tables",   command); strcpy (command, tmpline); }
+    if (UPDATE_CATFORMAT)    { snprintf (tmpline, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s -update-catformat %s", command, UPDATE_CATFORMAT); strcpy (command, tmpline); }
 
     // add some config variables: