Index: trunk/ippdb/src/ippdb.c
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--- trunk/ippdb/src/ippdb.c	(revision 8156)
+++ trunk/ippdb/src/ippdb.c	(revision 8161)
@@ -77,4 +77,40 @@
 }
 
+bool ippdbPrintMetadatas(FILE *stream, psArray *mds, const char *mdname, bool mdconfigformat)
+{
+    PS_ASSERT_PTR_NON_NULL(mds, false);
+    PS_ASSERT_PTR_NON_NULL(mdname, false);
+
+    psMetadata *output = psMetadataAlloc();
+    for (long i = 0; i < psArrayLength(mds); i++) {
+        psMetadata *md = mds->data[i];
+        if (!psMetadataAddMetadata(
+            output,
+            PS_LIST_TAIL,
+            mdname,
+            PS_META_DUPLICATE_OK,
+            NULL,
+            md
+        )) {
+            psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "failed to add metadata");
+            psFree(md);
+            psFree(output);
+            return false;
+        }
+        psFree(md);
+    }
+
+    psString str = psMetadataConfigFormat(output);
+    if (!str) {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "failed to format data into a string");
+        psFree(output);
+    }
+    psFree(output);
+    fprintf(stream, "%s\n", str);
+    psFree(str);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 static void weatherRowFree(weatherRow *object);