Index: trunk/ppImage/src/ppImageArguments.c
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--- trunk/ppImage/src/ppImageArguments.c	(revision 7829)
+++ trunk/ppImage/src/ppImageArguments.c	(revision 8348)
@@ -23,4 +23,11 @@
     psMetadata *options = psMetadataAlloc ();
     psMetadataAddPtr (config->arguments, PS_LIST_TAIL, "PPIMAGE.OPTIONS",  PS_DATA_METADATA, "", options);
+
+    if ((N = psArgumentGet(argc, argv, "-stat"))) {
+        psArgumentRemove(N, &argc, argv);
+        psMetadataAddStr(options, PS_LIST_TAIL, "STATS", PS_META_REPLACE,
+                         "Filename for summary statistics", argv[N]);
+        psArgumentRemove(N, &argc, argv);
+    }
 
     // the following options override the PPIMAGE recipe options