Megatest

      *db-cache-path*
      (if *toppath* ;; common:get-create-writeable-dir
	  (handle-exceptions
	      exn
	      (begin
		(debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Couldn't create path to " *db-cache-path* ", exn=" exn)
		(exit 1))
	      (let* ((toppath (common:real-path *toppath*))
	      (let* ((tsname (common:get-testsuite-name))
		     (tsname (common:get-testsuite-name))
		     (dbpath (common:get-create-writeable-dir
			      (list (conc "/tmp/" (current-user-name)
					  "/megatest_localdb/"
					  tsname "/"
					  (string-translate *toppath* "/" "."))
					  (string-translate toppath "/" "."))
				    (conc "/tmp/" (current-process-id) ;; just in case we have an issue with the dir by own user name
					  "/megatest_localdb/"
					  tsname
					  (string-translate *toppath* "/" "."))
					  (string-translate toppath "/" "."))
				    ))))
		(set! *db-cache-path* dbpath)
		;; ensure megatest area has .megatest
		(let ((dbarea (conc *toppath* "/.megatest")))
		  (if (not (file-exists? dbarea))
		      (create-directory dbarea)))
		;; ensure tmp area has .megatest

      (begin
	(debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "command \"/bin/readlink -f " path "\" failed. exn=" exn)
	path) ;; just give up
    (with-input-from-pipe
	(conc "/bin/readlink -f " path)
      (lambda ()
	(read-line)))))

;; for reasons I don't understand multiple calls to real-path in parallel threads
;; must be protected by mutexes
;;
(define (common:real-path inpath)
  ;; (process:cmd-run-with-stderr->list "readlink" "-f" inpath)) ;; cmd . params)
  ;; (let-values 
  ;;  (((inp oup pid) (process "readlink" (list "-f" inpath))))
  ;;  (with-input-from-port inp
  ;;    (let loop ((inl (read-line))
  ;;       	(res #f))
  ;;      (print "inl=" inl)
  ;;      (if (eof-object? inl)
  ;;          (begin
  ;;            (close-input-port inp)
  ;;            (close-output-port oup)
  ;;            ;; (process-wait pid)
  ;;            res)
  ;;          (loop (read-line) inl))))))
  (with-input-from-pipe (conc "readlink -f " inpath) read-line))

;;======================================================================
;; returns *effective load* (not normalized)
;;
(define (common:get-intercept onemin fivemin)
  (if (< onemin fivemin) ;; load is decreasing, just use the onemin load
      onemin

(define (get-uname . params)
  (let* ((uname-res (process:cmd-run->list (conc "uname " (if (null? params) "-a" (car params)))))
	 (uname #f))
    (if (null? (car uname-res))
	"unknown"
	(caar uname-res))))

;; for reasons I don't understand multiple calls to real-path in parallel threads
;; must be protected by mutexes
;;
(define (common:real-path inpath)
  ;; (process:cmd-run-with-stderr->list "readlink" "-f" inpath)) ;; cmd . params)
  ;; (let-values 
  ;;  (((inp oup pid) (process "readlink" (list "-f" inpath))))
  ;;  (with-input-from-port inp
  ;;    (let loop ((inl (read-line))
  ;;       	(res #f))
  ;;      (print "inl=" inl)
  ;;      (if (eof-object? inl)
  ;;          (begin
  ;;            (close-input-port inp)
  ;;            (close-output-port oup)
  ;;            ;; (process-wait pid)
  ;;            res)
  ;;          (loop (read-line) inl))))))
  (with-input-from-pipe (conc "readlink -f " inpath) read-line))

;;======================================================================
;; D I S K   S P A C E 
;;======================================================================

(define (common:get-disk-space-used fpath)
  (with-input-from-pipe (conc "/usr/bin/du -s " fpath) read))