ping() if $verb eq 'ping';
## Make sure the Bucardo database has the latest schema
-upgrade() if $verb eq 'upgrade' or $verb eq 'uprgade' or $verb eq 'ugprade';
+upgrade() if $verb =~ /^upgr/ or $verb eq 'uprgade' or $verb eq 'ugprade';
## All the rest of the verbs require use of global information
## Thus, we load everything right now
config() if $verb eq 'set' or $verb eq 'show' or $verb eq 'config';
## Validate a sync
-validate() if $verb eq 'validate';
+validate() if $verb =~ /^vali/;
## Purge the delta/track tables
purge() if $verb eq 'purge';