Index: /trunk/Ohana/src/relastro/include/relastro.h
===================================================================
--- /trunk/Ohana/src/relastro/include/relastro.h	(revision 39465)
+++ /trunk/Ohana/src/relastro/include/relastro.h	(revision 39466)
@@ -288,4 +288,5 @@
 int    PARALLEL_MANUAL;
 int    PARALLEL_SERIAL;
+int    PARALLEL_MANUAL_NO_WAIT;
 
 int    PARALLEL_OUTPUT;
Index: /trunk/Ohana/src/relastro/src/args.c
===================================================================
--- /trunk/Ohana/src/relastro/src/args.c	(revision 39465)
+++ /trunk/Ohana/src/relastro/src/args.c	(revision 39466)
@@ -245,4 +245,5 @@
   // this is a test mode : rather than launching the remote jobs and waiting for completion,
   // relastro will simply list the remote command and wait for the user to signal completion
+  PARALLEL_MANUAL_NO_WAIT = FALSE;
   PARALLEL_MANUAL = FALSE;
   if ((N = get_argument (argc, argv, "-parallel-manual"))) {
@@ -250,4 +251,8 @@
     PARALLEL_MANUAL = TRUE;
     remove_argument (N, &argc, argv);
+    if ((N = get_argument (argc, argv, "-parallel-manual-nowait"))) {
+      PARALLEL_MANUAL_NO_WAIT = TRUE;
+      remove_argument (N, &argc, argv);
+    }
   }
   // this is a test mode : rather than launching the relastro_client jobs remotely, they are 
@@ -620,4 +625,5 @@
   PARALLEL = FALSE;
   PARALLEL_MANUAL = FALSE;
+  PARALLEL_MANUAL_NO_WAIT = FALSE;
   PARALLEL_SERIAL = FALSE;
 
Index: /trunk/Ohana/src/relastro/src/load_catalogs.c
===================================================================
--- /trunk/Ohana/src/relastro/src/load_catalogs.c	(revision 39465)
+++ /trunk/Ohana/src/relastro/src/load_catalogs.c	(revision 39466)
@@ -253,5 +253,5 @@
   }
 
-  if (PARALLEL_MANUAL) {
+  if (PARALLEL_MANUAL && !PARALLEL_MANUAL_NO_WAIT) {
     fprintf (stderr, "run the relastro_client commands above.  when these are done, hit return\n");
     getchar();