Index: trunk/ippScripts/scripts/minidvodb_createdb.pl
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--- trunk/ippScripts/scripts/minidvodb_createdb.pl	(revision 38584)
+++ trunk/ippScripts/scripts/minidvodb_createdb.pl	(revision 41213)
@@ -38,6 +38,5 @@
     exit($PS_EXIT_CONFIG_ERROR);
 }
-
-my (  $outroot, $dbname, $dvodb, $minidvodb,$minidvodb_interval, $minidvodb_nums, $minidvodb_group, $camera,  $verbose, $no_update,
+my (  $outroot, $dbname, $dvodb, $minidvodb,$minidvodb_interval, $minidvodb_nums, $minidvodb_group, $minidvodb_host, $camera,  $verbose, $no_update,
      $no_op, $redirect, $save_temps);
 GetOptions(
@@ -50,4 +49,5 @@
     'interval|w=s'      => \$minidvodb_interval, #interval between creation of minidvodbs (default = 1day)
     'num|w=s'      => \$minidvodb_nums, #interval between creation of minidvodbs (default = 500 addRuns)
+    'minidvodb_host|w=s'  => \$minidvodb_host, #assign a hostname for addstar
     'verbose'           => \$verbose,   # Print to stdout
     'no-update'         => \$no_update, # Update the database?
@@ -164,5 +164,5 @@
     &my_die( "Unable to get listminidvodbrun",$minidvodb_group, $PS_EXIT_SYS_ERROR) unless $success2;
   # if it didn't list something in active state (what?) then we definitely need to create a new one
-    if (defined(@$stdout_buf2)) {
+    if ((@$stdout_buf2)) {
   my  $metadata2 = $mdcParser->parse(join "", @$stdout_buf2) or
         &my_die("Unable to parse metadata config", $minidvodb_group, $PS_EXIT_PROG_ERROR);
@@ -196,5 +196,5 @@
     &my_die( "Unable to get checkminidvodbunaddrun", $minidvodb_group, $PS_EXIT_SYS_ERROR) unless $success3;
 
-    if (defined(@$stdout_buf3)) {  #checkminidvodb returns nothing IF there have been no addruns added to the db yet
+    if ((@$stdout_buf3)) {  #checkminidvodb returns nothing IF there have been no addruns added to the db yet
     my  $metadata3 = $mdcParser->parse(join "", @$stdout_buf3) or
         &my_die("Unable to parse metadata config", $minidvodb_group, $PS_EXIT_PROG_ERROR);