Index: /trunk/psphot/src/psphotParseCamera.c
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--- /trunk/psphot/src/psphotParseCamera.c	(revision 9669)
+++ /trunk/psphot/src/psphotParseCamera.c	(revision 9670)
@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@
 
     // these calls bind the I/O handle to the specified fpa
-    if (psMetadataLookupBool(NULL, recipe, "SAVE.OUTPUT")) {
+    bool saveOutput = psMetadataLookupBool (&status, recipe, "SAVE.OUTPUT");
+    if (!status || saveOutput) {
 	if (!pmFPAfileDefineOutput (config, input->fpa, "PSPHOT.OUTPUT")) {
 	    psError(PS_ERR_IO, false, "Cannot find a rule for PSPHOT.OUTPUT");