Index: trunk/psphot/src/load_args.c
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--- trunk/psphot/src/load_args.c	(revision 4189)
+++ trunk/psphot/src/load_args.c	(revision 4251)
@@ -2,4 +2,11 @@
 
 psMetadata *load_args (int *argc, char **argv) {
+
+  int N, Nfail;
+
+  // basic pslib options
+  psLogSetFormat ("M");
+  psLogArguments (argc, argv);
+  psTraceArguments (argc, argv);
 
   // identify options in args list - these go on config 
@@ -19,5 +26,5 @@
   }
 
-  if (argc != 4) usage ();
+  if (*argc != 4) usage ();
 
   psMetadata *config = psMetadataParseConfig (NULL, &Nfail, argv[3], FALSE);