--- badi/public_scripts/parallelstarter/db_backup/dbs	2012/09/06 20:27:44	1.2
+++ badi/public_scripts/parallelstarter/db_backup/dbs	2012/09/06 20:38:44	1.3
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
-# db_backup List of databases to backup/ password file
+# db_backup: List of databases to backup/ password file
 
 # Please do not expose this file to the public!
 
 # for better performance mix source hosts
 
 # This file contains all dbs you want to backup with db_backup.
-# Put one db on each line.
+# Put one db and its connection parameters on one line.
 
 # use the follwing form:
-# database host : database type : database name : username : password
+# <database host>[:<port>] : <database type> : <database name> : <username>[ : <password>]
 #
 # "database type" is either mysql or postgresql
+# The field separator is <space><colon><space>, not just a colon.
+