Megatest

      (if *toppath* 
          (pathname-file *toppath*)
          (pathname-file (current-directory)))))

(define (common:get-db-tmp-area)
  (if *db-cache-path*
      *db-cache-path*
      (if *toppath*
      (let ((dbpath (create-directory (conc "/tmp/" (current-user-name)
					    "/megatest_localdb/"
					    (common:get-testsuite-name) "/"
					    (string-translate *toppath* "/" ".")) #t)))
	(set! *db-cache-path* dbpath)
	dbpath)))
	  (let ((dbpath (create-directory (conc "/tmp/" (current-user-name)
						"/megatest_localdb/"
						(common:get-testsuite-name) "/"
						(string-translate *toppath* "/" ".")) #t)))
	    (set! *db-cache-path* dbpath)
	    dbpath)
	  #f)))

(define (common:get-area-path-signature)
  (message-digest-string (md5-primitive) *toppath*))

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;; E X I T   H A N D L I N G
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;;
(define (common:on-homehost?)
  (let ((hh (common:get-homehost)))
    (if hh
	(cdr hh)
	#f)))

;; do we honor the caches of the config files?
;;
(define (common:use-cache?)
  (not (or (args:get-arg "-no-cache")
	   (and *configdat*
		(equal? (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "use-cache") "no")))))

;;======================================================================
;; M I S C   L I S T S
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;; items in lista are matched value and position in listb
;; return the remaining items in listb or #f
;;