Index: dbmod.scm
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--- dbmod.scm
+++ dbmod.scm
@@ -227,12 +227,12 @@
 				 (lambda (last-update)
 				   (if *sync-in-progress*
 				       (debug:print 3 *default-log-port* "WARNING: overlapping calls to sync to disk")
 				       (let* ((syncer-logfile    (conc areapath"/logs/"dbfname"-syncer.log"))
 					      (sync-cmd          (if (eq? syncdir 'todisk)
-								     (conc "NBFAKE_LOG="syncer-logfile" nbfake megatest -db2db -from "tmpdb" -to "dbfullname" -period 5 -timeout 10 &")
-								     (conc "NBFAKE_LOG="syncer-logfile" nbfake megatest -db2db -from "dbfullname" -to "tmpdb" -period 5 -timeout 10 &")))
+								     (conc "(NBFAKE_LOG="syncer-logfile" nbfake megatest -db2db -from "tmpdb" -to "dbfullname" -period 5 -timeout 10 > /dev/null 2&>1)&")
+								     (conc "(NBFAKE_LOG="syncer-logfile" nbfake megatest -db2db -from "dbfullname" -to "tmpdb" -period 5 -timeout 10 > /dev/null 2&>1)&")))
 					      (synclock-file     (conc dbfullname".lock"))
 					      (syncer-running-file (conc dbfullname"-sync-running"))
 					      (synclock-mod-time (if (file-exists? synclock-file)
 								     (handle-exceptions
 									 exn
@@ -250,11 +250,11 @@
 									   (system sync-cmd))
 								       (set! *sync-in-progress* #f)))))))
 					 (if ((if (eq? syncdir 'todisk) < >) ;; use less than for todisk, greater than for from disk
 					      (file-modification-time tmpdb)
 					      (file-modification-time dbfullname))
-					     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Skipping sync, "tmpdb" older than "dbfullname)
+					     (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "Skipping sync, "tmpdb" older than "dbfullname)
 					     (if synclock-mod-time
 						 (if (< (- (current-seconds) synclock-mod-time) 20) ;; something wrong with sync, remove file
 						     (begin
 						       (handle-exceptions
 							   exn