Index: trunk/ppMerge/src/ppMergeCheckInputs.c
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--- trunk/ppMerge/src/ppMergeCheckInputs.c	(revision 8069)
+++ trunk/ppMerge/src/ppMergeCheckInputs.c	(revision 8405)
@@ -23,4 +23,14 @@
         psErrorStackPrint(stderr, "Can't open output image: %s\n", outName);
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+    // Statistics file
+    psString statsName = psMetadataLookupStr(NULL, config->arguments, "-stats"); // Name for statistics file
+    if (statsName && strlen(statsName) > 0) {
+        data->statsFile = fopen(statsName, "w");
+        if (!data->statsFile) {
+            psLogMsg(__func__, PS_LOG_WARN, "Unable to open statistics file %s --- ignored.\n",
+                     statsName);
+        }
     }