+# note regarding v003 of the revamp script: i am leaving the mysql code
+# alone for the moment; it's a good example of using our password, gathered
+# above. (a better example wouldn't pass the password on the command line
+# but involving an "expect" script is out of scope currently.) --fred
+
+#hmmm: good example here for why we need the code that "hides output unless error".