Index: trunk/psLib/src/types/psMetadata.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/psLib/src/types/psMetadata.c	(revision 5180)
+++ trunk/psLib/src/types/psMetadata.c	(revision 5194)
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
  *  @author Ross Harman, MHPCC
  *
- *  @version $Revision: 1.85 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
- *  @date $Date: 2005-09-26 21:13:26 $
+ *  @version $Revision: 1.86 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
+ *  @date $Date: 2005-09-29 23:30:32 $
  *
  *  Copyright 2004-2005 Maui High Performance Computing Center, University of Hawaii
@@ -536,4 +536,16 @@
 }
 
+bool psMetadataRemoveKey(psMetadata *md,
+                         const char *key)
+{
+    return ( psMetadataRemove(md, PS_LIST_HEAD, key) );
+}
+
+bool psMetadataRemoveIndex(psMetadata *md,
+                           int location)
+{
+    return ( psMetadataRemove(md, location, NULL) );
+}
+
 psMetadataItem* psMetadataLookup(const psMetadata *md,
                                  const char *key)
Index: trunk/psLib/src/types/psMetadata.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/psLib/src/types/psMetadata.h	(revision 5180)
+++ trunk/psLib/src/types/psMetadata.h	(revision 5194)
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
 *  @author Ross Harman, MHPCC
 *
-*  @version $Revision: 1.66 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
-*  @date $Date: 2005-09-29 01:15:38 $
+*  @version $Revision: 1.67 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
+*  @date $Date: 2005-09-29 23:30:32 $
 *
 *  Copyright 2004-2005 Maui High Performance Computing Center, University of Hawaii
@@ -501,4 +501,23 @@
 );
 
+/** Removes an item from metadata by key name.
+ *
+ *  @return bool:  True for success, false for failure.
+ */
+bool psMetadataRemoveKey(
+    psMetadata *md,                    ///< Metadata collection to remove metadata item.
+    const char *key                    ///< Name of metadata key.
+);
+
+/** Removes an item from metadata by index number.
+ *
+ *  @return bool:  True for success, false for failure.
+ */
+bool psMetadataRemoveIndex(
+    psMetadata *md,                    ///< Metadata collection to remove metadata item.
+    int location                       ///< Index number, PS_LIST_HEAD, or PS_LIST_TAIL
+);
+
+
 /** Find an item in the metadata collection based on key name.
  *