diff -ur nagios-2.6.original/base/config.c nagios-2.6.with_object_dump/base/config.c
--- nagios-2.6.original/base/config.c	2005-12-26 23:18:14.000000000 +0000
+++ nagios-2.6.with_object_dump/base/config.c	2007-01-16 11:22:41.289362775 +0000
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 
 extern int      verify_config;
 extern int      test_scheduling;
+extern int      dump_object_data;
 
 extern double   sleep_time;
 extern int      interval_length;
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@
 	int result=OK;
 	int options;
 	int cache=FALSE;
+	int dump_object=FALSE;
 
 #ifdef DEBUG0
 	printf("read_all_config_data() start\n");
@@ -186,11 +188,14 @@
 	options=READ_ALL_OBJECT_DATA;
 
 	/* cache object definitions if we're up and running */
-	if(verify_config==FALSE && test_scheduling==FALSE)
+	if(verify_config==FALSE && test_scheduling==FALSE && dump_object_data==FALSE)
 		cache=TRUE;
 
+	if(dump_object_data==TRUE)
+		dump_object=TRUE;
+
 	/* read in all host configuration data from external sources */
-	result=read_object_config_data(main_config_file,options,cache);
+	result=read_object_config_data(main_config_file,options,cache,dump_object);
 	if(result!=OK)
 		return ERROR;
 
diff -ur nagios-2.6.original/base/nagios.c nagios-2.6.with_object_dump/base/nagios.c
--- nagios-2.6.original/base/nagios.c	2006-11-28 02:29:04.000000000 +0000
+++ nagios-2.6.with_object_dump/base/nagios.c	2007-01-16 11:22:06.097276187 +0000
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@
 
 int             verify_config=FALSE;
 int             test_scheduling=FALSE;
+int             dump_object_data=FALSE;
 
 int             daemon_mode=FALSE;
 int             daemon_dumps_core=TRUE;
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@
 		{"license",no_argument,0,'V'},
 		{"verify",no_argument,0,'v'},
 		{"daemon",no_argument,0,'d'},
+		{"object-dump",no_argument,0,'o'},
 		{0,0,0,0}
 	};
 #endif
@@ -245,9 +247,9 @@
 	while(1){
 
 #ifdef HAVE_GETOPT_H
-		c=getopt_long(argc,argv,"+hVvds",long_options,&option_index);
+		c=getopt_long(argc,argv,"+hVvdso",long_options,&option_index);
 #else
-		c=getopt(argc,argv,"+hVvds");
+		c=getopt(argc,argv,"+hVvdso");
 #endif
 
 		if(c==-1 || c==EOF)
@@ -276,6 +278,10 @@
 			daemon_mode=TRUE;
 			break;
 
+		case 'o': /* object-dump mode */
+			dump_object_data=TRUE;
+			break;
+
 		default:
 			break;
 		        }
@@ -443,6 +449,35 @@
 		exit(result);
 	        }
 
+	/* We're just dumping object data */
+	else if(dump_object_data==TRUE){
+
+		/* reset program variables */
+		reset_variables();
+
+		/* read in the configuration files (main config file, resource and object config files) */
+		if((result=read_main_config_file(config_file))==OK){
+
+			/* drop privileges */
+			if((result=drop_privileges(nagios_user,nagios_group))==ERROR)
+				printf("Failed to drop privileges.  Aborting.");
+			else
+				/* read object config files */
+				result=read_all_object_data(config_file);
+		        }
+
+		printf("result=%d\n", result);
+
+		/* clean up after ourselves */
+		cleanup();
+
+		/* free config_file */
+		free(config_file);
+
+		/* exit */
+		exit(result);
+	        }
+
 
 	/* we're just testing scheduling... */
 	else if(test_scheduling==TRUE){
diff -ur nagios-2.6.original/common/objects.c nagios-2.6.with_object_dump/common/objects.c
--- nagios-2.6.original/common/objects.c	2007-01-16 11:31:19.921222083 +0000
+++ nagios-2.6.with_object_dump/common/objects.c	2007-01-16 11:23:53.536228615 +0000
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 
 
 /* read all host configuration data from external source */
-int read_object_config_data(char *main_config_file,int options,int cache){
+int read_object_config_data(char *main_config_file,int options,int cache,int dump_objects){
 	int result=OK;
 
 #ifdef DEBUG0
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 	/********* IMPLEMENTATION-SPECIFIC INPUT FUNCTION ********/
 #ifdef USE_XODTEMPLATE
 	/* read in data from all text host config files (template-based) */
-	result=xodtemplate_read_config_data(main_config_file,options,cache);
+	result=xodtemplate_read_config_data(main_config_file,options,cache,dump_objects);
 	if(result!=OK)
 		return ERROR;
 #endif
diff -ur nagios-2.6.original/include/objects.h nagios-2.6.with_object_dump/include/objects.h
--- nagios-2.6.original/include/objects.h	2007-01-16 11:31:19.932226175 +0000
+++ nagios-2.6.with_object_dump/include/objects.h	2007-01-16 11:23:33.212671063 +0000
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@
 
 
 /**** Top-level input functions ****/
-int read_object_config_data(char *,int,int);        /* reads all external configuration data of specific types */
+int read_object_config_data(char *,int,int,int);    /* reads all external configuration data of specific types */
 
 /**** Object Creation Functions ****/
 contact *add_contact(char *,char *,char *,char *,char **,char *,char *,int,int,int,int,int,int,int,int,int,int,int);	/* adds a contact definition */
diff -ur nagios-2.6.original/xdata/xodtemplate.c nagios-2.6.with_object_dump/xdata/xodtemplate.c
--- nagios-2.6.original/xdata/xodtemplate.c	2007-01-16 11:31:19.945231011 +0000
+++ nagios-2.6.with_object_dump/xdata/xodtemplate.c	2007-01-16 11:26:49.049495271 +0000
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 /******************************************************************/
 
 /* process all config files - both core and CGIs pass in name of main config file */
-int xodtemplate_read_config_data(char *main_config_file,int options,int cache){
+int xodtemplate_read_config_data(char *main_config_file,int options,int cache,int dump_objects){
 #ifdef NSCORE
 	char config_file[MAX_FILENAME_LENGTH];
 	char *input=NULL;
@@ -256,8 +256,11 @@
 		result=xodtemplate_sort_objects();
 
 	/* cache object definitions */
-	if(result==OK && cache==TRUE)
-		xodtemplate_cache_objects(xodtemplate_cache_file);
+	if(result==OK)
+		if (cache==TRUE)
+			xodtemplate_cache_objects(xodtemplate_cache_file);
+		else if (dump_objects==TRUE)
+			xodtemplate_cache_objects("");
 #endif
 
 	/* register objects */
@@ -9316,13 +9319,17 @@
 	time(&current_time);
 
 	/* open the cache file for writing */
-	fp=fopen(cache_file,"w");
-	if(fp==NULL){
-		snprintf(temp_buffer,sizeof(temp_buffer)-1,"Warning: Could not open object cache file '%s' for writing!\n",cache_file);
-		temp_buffer[sizeof(temp_buffer)-1]='\x0';
-		write_to_logs_and_console(temp_buffer,NSLOG_CONFIG_WARNING,TRUE);
-		return ERROR;
-	        }
+	if (cache_file != "") {
+		fp=fopen(cache_file,"w");
+		if(fp==NULL){
+			snprintf(temp_buffer,sizeof(temp_buffer)-1,"Warning: Could not open object cache file '%s' for writing!\n",cache_file);
+			temp_buffer[sizeof(temp_buffer)-1]='\x0';
+			write_to_logs_and_console(temp_buffer,NSLOG_CONFIG_WARNING,TRUE);
+			return ERROR;
+			}
+		}
+	else
+		fp=stdout;
 
 	/* write header to cache file */
 	fprintf(fp,"########################################\n");
@@ -9810,7 +9817,8 @@
 		fprintf(fp,"\t}\n\n");
 	        }
 
-	fclose(fp);
+	if (cache_file != "")
+		fclose(fp);
 
 #ifdef DEBUG0
 	printf("xodtemplate_cache_objects() end\n");
diff -ur nagios-2.6.original/xdata/xodtemplate.h nagios-2.6.with_object_dump/xdata/xodtemplate.h
--- nagios-2.6.original/xdata/xodtemplate.h	2007-01-16 11:31:19.948232127 +0000
+++ nagios-2.6.with_object_dump/xdata/xodtemplate.h	2007-01-16 11:25:00.552149267 +0000
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@
 
 /********* FUNCTION DEFINITIONS **********/
 
-int xodtemplate_read_config_data(char *,int,int);           /* top-level routine processes all config files */
+int xodtemplate_read_config_data(char *,int,int,int);       /* top-level routine processes all config files */
 int xodtemplate_grab_config_info(char *);                   /* grabs variables from main config file */
 int xodtemplate_process_config_file(char *,int);            /* process data in a specific config file */
 int xodtemplate_process_config_dir(char *,int);             /* process all files in a specific config directory */
--- nagios-2.6.original/cgi/cgiutils.c	2006-11-13 18:40:34.000000000 +0000
+++ nagios-2.6.with_object_dump/cgi/cgiutils.c	2007-01-16 11:38:47.917364012 +0000
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@
 		return OK;
 
 	/* read in all external config data of the desired type(s) */
-	result=read_object_config_data(config_file,options,FALSE);
+	result=read_object_config_data(config_file,options,FALSE,FALSE);
 
 	/* mark what items we've read in... */
 	if(options & READ_HOSTS)