parser.add_argument('-s','--skip_bad',metavar='',action='store_const',const=True,help='skip over corrupt dataflash lines')
parser.add_argument('-e','--empty',metavar='',action='store_const',const=True,help='run an initial check for an empty log')
parser.add_argument('-x','--xml',type=str,metavar='XML file',nargs='?',const='',default='',help='write output to specified XML file')
parser.add_argument('-x','--xml',type=str,metavar='XML file',nargs='?',const='',default='',help='write output to specified XML file (or - for stdout)')