}
if ( cmdprop != null ) {
System.out.println ("loading properties from: " + cmdprop) ;
try {
File propfile = new File(cmdprop) ;
props.load(new FileInputStream(propfile)) ;
props.put (PROPS_P, propfile.getAbsolutePath()) ;
} catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
System.out.println ("Unable to load properties: "+cmdprop);
System.out.println ("\t"+ex.getMessage()) ;
System.exit (1) ;