Megatest

    (if valstr
	(val->alist valstr)
	'()))) ;; should it return empty list or #f to indicate not set?


(define (get-section cfgdat section)
  (hash-table-ref/default cfgdat section '()))

(define (common:make-tmpdir-name areapath tmpadj)
  (let* ((area (pathname-file areapath))
         (dname (conc "/tmp/"(current-user-name)"/megatest_localdb/" area "/" (string-translate areapath "/" ".") tmpadj "/.mtdb")))
    (unless (directory-exists? dname)
      (create-directory dname #t))
    dname))

;; dot-locking egg seems not to work, using this for now
;; if lock is older than expire-time then remove it and try again
;; to get the lock
;;
(define (common:simple-file-lock fname #!key (expire-time 300))
  (let* ((lock-exists (file-exists? fname))