Index: trunk/ippTools/src/dettool.c
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--- trunk/ippTools/src/dettool.c	(revision 8501)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/dettool.c	(revision 8504)
@@ -3689,4 +3689,25 @@
     PS_ASSERT_PTR_NON_NULL(config, false);
 
+    // either -rerun or -stop must be specified
+    bool status = false;
+    bool again = psMetadataLookupBool(&status, config->args, "-again");
+    if (!status) {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "failed to lookup value for -again");
+        return false;
+    }
+    bool stop = psMetadataLookupBool(&status, config->args, "-stop");
+    if (!status) {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "failed to lookup value for -stop");
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (!(again || stop)) {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, true, "either -again or -stop must be specified");
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (again && stop) {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, true, "either -again or -stop must be specified");
+        return false;
+    }
+
     return true;
 }