Index: cgisetup/models/pgdb.scm
==================================================================
--- cgisetup/models/pgdb.scm
+++ cgisetup/models/pgdb.scm
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
 (use typed-records (prefix dbi dbi:))
 
 ;; given a configdat lookup the connection info and open the db
 ;;
 (define (pgdb:open configdat #!key (dbname #f))  
-  (let ((pgconf (configf:lookup configdat "ext-sync" (or dbname "pgdb"))))
+  (let ((pgconf (or (configf:lookup configdat "ext-sync" (or dbname "pgdb")) (args:get-arg "-pgsync"))))
     (if pgconf
 	(let* ((confdat (map (lambda (conf-item)
 			       (let ((parts (string-split conf-item ":")))
 				 (if (> (length parts) 1)
 				     (let ((key (car parts))

Index: megatest.scm
==================================================================
--- megatest.scm
+++ megatest.scm
@@ -288,10 +288,12 @@
 
                         "-src-target"
                         "-src-runname"
                         "-diff-email"
 			"-sync-to"
+			"-prefix-target"			
+			"-pgsync"
                         "-diff-html"
 			)
  		 (list  "-h" "-help" "--help"
 			"-manual"
 			"-version"

Index: tasks.scm
==================================================================
--- tasks.scm
+++ tasks.scm
@@ -616,11 +616,11 @@
 	 (runinf  (hash-table-ref/default runs-ht run-id #f)))
     (if runinf
 	runinf ;; already cached
 	(let* ((keytarg    (string-intersperse (rmt:get-keys) "/")) ;; e.g. version/iteration/platform
 	       (spec-id    (pgdb:get-ttype dbh keytarg))
-	       (target     (rmt:get-target run-id))                 ;; e.g. v1.63/a3e1/ubuntu
+	       (target     (if (and (args:get-arg "-sync-to") (args:get-arg "-prefix-target")) (set! target (conc (args:get-arg "-prefix-target") (rmt:get-target run-id))) (rmt:get-target run-id)))                 ;; e.g. v1.63/a3e1/ubuntu
 	       (run-dat    (rmt:get-run-info run-id))               ;; NOTE: get-run-info returns a vector < row header >
 	       (run-name   (rmt:get-run-name-from-id run-id))
 	       (new-run-id (pgdb:get-run-id dbh spec-id target run-name))
 	       (row        (db:get-rows run-dat))                   ;; yes, this returns a single row
 	       (header     (db:get-header run-dat))