+# (JJ, 20-04-2008) disabled, as we have autovacuum set to on in postgres.
+# refer to http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/routine-vacuuming.html#AUTOVACUUM
+# which says "Beginning in PostgreSQL 8.1, there is an optional feature called autovacuum,
+# whose purpose is to automate the execution of VACUUM and ANALYZE commands."
+# echo "VACUUM; VACUUM ANALYZE;" | psql projectb 2>&1 | grep -v "^NOTICE: Skipping.*only table owner can VACUUM it$"
+
+echo "Expiring old database dumps..."
+(cd $base/backup; $scriptsdir/expire_dumps -d . -p -f "dump_*")