@@ -204,20 +204,20 @@
    tabdat))
 
 ;; gets and calls updater list based on curr-tab-num
 ;;
 (define (dboard:common-run-curr-updaters commondat #!key (tab-num #f))
-  (copy-db-to-tmp)
+  (sync-db-to-tmp (dboard:common-get-tabdat commondat tab-num: tab-num))
   (if (dboard:common-get-tabdat commondat tab-num: tab-num) ;; only update if there is a tabdat
       (let* ((tnum     (or tab-num (dboard:commondat-curr-tab-num commondat)))
 	     (updaters (hash-table-ref/default (dboard:commondat-updaters commondat)
 					       tnum
 					       '())))
 	(debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "Found these updaters: " updaters " for tab-num: " tnum)
 	(for-each ;; perform the function calls for the complete updaters list
 	 (lambda (updater)
-	   ;; (debug:print 3 *default-log-port* "Running " updater)
+          ;; (debug:print 3 *default-log-port* "Running " updater)
 	   (updater))
 	 updaters))))
 
 ;; if tab-num passed in then use it, otherwise look in commondat at curr-tab-num
 ;; adds the updater passed in the updaters list at that hashkey
@@ -695,11 +695,11 @@
 	 )
 
     ;; if we saw the db modified, reset it (the signal has already been used)
     (if (and got-all ;; (not multi-get)
 	     db-modified)
-	(dboard:rundat-last-db-time-set!    run-dat (- start-time 2)))
+       (dboard:rundat-last-db-time-set!    run-dat (- start-time 2)))
 
     ;; to limit the amount of data transferred each cycle use limit of num-to-get and offset
     ;; DO NOT bump time indexes last-update and last-db-time until all the first pass of the
     ;; data has been read
     ;; set last-update to 0 if still getting data incrementally ;; NO NEED, handled above
@@ -3863,17 +3863,17 @@
 )
 
 (define last-copy-time 0)
 
 
-;; Do this only if in read-only mode.
+;; Sync to tmp only if in read-only mode.
 
-(define (copy-db-to-tmp)
+(define (sync-db-to-tmp tabdat)
   (let* ((db-file "./.megatest/main.db"))
     (if (and (not (file-write-access? db-file)) ( > (current-seconds) (+ last-copy-time 5)))
       (begin
-        (system (conc "rsync -a .megatest " (common:get-db-tmp-area)))
+        (db:multi-db-sync (db:setup #f) 'old2new)
         (set! last-copy-time (current-seconds))
       )
     )
   )
 )