Megatest

  (handle-exceptions exn
                     (begin
                       (if message
                           (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* message))
                       #f) (thunk) ))

(define (common:file-exists? path-string #!key (silent #f))
  ;; this avoids stack dumps in the case where 
  ;;;; TODO: catch permission denied exceptions and emit appropriate warnings, eg:  system error while trying to access file: "/nfs/pdx/disks/icf_env_disk001/bjbarcla/gwa/issues/mtdev/randy-slow/reproduce/q...
  ;;;; TODO: catch permission denied exceptions and emit appropriate warnings. Might be able to get rid of with chicken 5?
  (common:false-on-exception (lambda () (file-exists? path-string))
                             message: (if (not silent)
                                          (conc "Unable to access path: " path-string)
                                          #f)
                             ))

(define (common:directory-exists? path-string)
  ;;;; TODO: catch permission denied exceptions and emit appropriate warnings, eg:  system error while trying to access file: "/nfs/pdx/disks/icf_env_disk001/bjbarcla/gwa/issues/mtdev/randy-slow/reproduce/q...
  ;;;; TODO: catch permission denied exceptions and emit appropriate warnings
  (common:false-on-exception (lambda () (directory-exists? path-string))
                             message: (conc "Unable to access path: " path-string)
                             ))

;; does the directory exist and do we have write access?
;;
;;    returns the directory or #f