the problem was found by Jeff Nichols working at U. of New Hampshire. The password for the mysql server had a shell character in it which causes troubles when it is printed out to the defaults file and then read back in for mysqldump.
This should be flagged as a bug in the archive procedure. The fix might be as easy as escaping the password in the file -- haven't looked at it yet.
-- Mike
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errors when archiving courses.
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