diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10
--- MergeCommandHandler.java	31 Jan 2007 19:27:44 -0000	1.9
+++ MergeCommandHandler.java	1 Feb 2007 19:33:24 -0000	1.10
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@

  * passes the results to a method from MergeUtil.
  *
  * @author jeremym

- * @version $Id: MergeCommandHandler.java,v 1.9 2007/01/31 19:27:44 jeremy Exp $

+ * @version $Id: MergeCommandHandler.java,v 1.10 2007/02/01 19:33:24 jeremy Exp $

  */
 public class MergeCommandHandler extends CommandHandler
 {

@@ -156,7 +156,13 @@

 		// Set the maximum number of merged events.
 		if (cl.hasOption("n"))
 		{

-			this.def_ntoread = Integer.parseInt(cl.getOptionValue("n"));

+			maxevents = Integer.parseInt(cl.getOptionValue("n"));
+		}
+		
+		// Set the maximum number of merged events.
+		if (cl.hasOption("e"))
+		{
+			def_ntoread = Integer.parseInt(cl.getOptionValue("n"));

 		}
 	}
 

@@ -165,6 +171,7 @@

 	 */
 	public void execute() throws Exception
 	{

+		System.out.println("maxevents="+maxevents);

 		MergeUtil.mergeFiles(outfile, mergeFiles, maxevents);
 	}