db="$(echo "$RUN_ARGS" | sed -e "s/^.*\(-D\|--database\) \([^ ]*\) *-*.*$/\2/")"
# for OS X use
# db="$(echo "$RUN_ARGS" | sed -E "s/^.*(-D|--database) ([^ ]*) *-*.*$/\2/")"

dbhost="$(echo "$RUN_ARGS" | sed -e "s/^.*\(-h\|--host\) \([^ ]*\) *-*.*$/\2/")"
# for OS X use
# dbhost="$(echo "$RUN_ARGS" | sed -E "s/^.*(-h|--host) ([^ ]*) *-*.*$/\2/")"

STARTMSG="Starting backup of DB $db on $dbhost..."