Index: trunk/ippScripts/scripts/ipp_serial_camera.pl
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--- trunk/ippScripts/scripts/ipp_serial_camera.pl	(revision 14372)
+++ trunk/ippScripts/scripts/ipp_serial_camera.pl	(revision 16336)
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@
 
 my ($dbname,			# Database name to use
-    $workdir,			# Working directory
+    $workdir_default,		# Default working directory
+    $verbose,			# Verbose operations?
     $no_op,			# No operations?
     $no_update,			# No updating?
     );
 GetOptions(
-	   'dbname|d=s' => \$dbname,
-	   'workdir|w=s' => \$workdir,
+	   'dbname=s' => \$dbname,
+	   'workdir=s' => \$workdir_default,
+	   'verbose' => \$verbose,
 	   'no-op' => \$no_op,
 	   'no-update' => \$no_update,
@@ -28,4 +30,6 @@
 	  -exitval => 3,
 	  ) unless defined $dbname;
+
+$workdir_default = `pwd` unless defined $workdir_default;
 
 my $mdcParser = PS::IPP::Metadata::Config->new;	# Metadata config parser
@@ -52,6 +56,11 @@
     my $exp_tag = $item->{exp_tag};
     my $camera = $item->{camera};
+    my $workdir = $item->{workdir};
     
+    $workdir = $workdir_default unless (defined $workdir or $workdir ne "NULL");
+    my $outroot = $workdir . '/' . ${exp_tag} . '/' . ${exp_tag} . '.cm.' . ${cam_id};
+
     my $command = "$camera_exp --cam_id $cam_id --exp_tag $exp_tag --camera $camera --dbname $dbname";
+    $command .= " --verbose" if defined $verbose;
     $command .= " --no-op" if defined $no_op;
     $command .= " --no-update" if defined $no_update;