Megatest

	       (ezsteps   (assoc/default 'ezsteps   cmdinfo))
	       (subrun    (assoc/default 'subrun    cmdinfo))
	       ;; (runremote (assoc/default 'runremote cmdinfo))
	       ;; (transport (assoc/default 'transport cmdinfo))  ;; not used
	       ;; (serverinf (assoc/default 'serverinf cmdinfo))
	       ;; (port      (assoc/default 'port      cmdinfo))
	       (serverurl (assoc/default 'serverurl cmdinfo))
	       ;; (homehost  (assoc/default 'homehost  cmdinfo))
	       (run-id    (assoc/default 'run-id    cmdinfo))
	       (test-id   (assoc/default 'test-id   cmdinfo))
	       (target    (assoc/default 'target    cmdinfo))
	       (areaname  (assoc/default 'areaname  cmdinfo))
	       (itemdat   (assoc/default 'itemdat   cmdinfo))
	       (env-ovrd  (assoc/default 'env-ovrd  cmdinfo))
	       (set-vars  (assoc/default 'set-vars  cmdinfo)) ;; pre-overrides from -setvar

      (set! cmdparms (base64:base64-encode 
		      (z3:encode-buffer 
		       (with-output-to-string
			 (lambda () ;; (list 'hosts     hosts)
			   (write (list (list 'testpath  test-path)
					;; (list 'transport (conc *transport-type*))
					;; (list 'serverinf *server-info*)
					#;(list 'homehost  (let* ((hhdat (common:get-homehost)))
							   (if hhdat
							       (car hhdat)
							       #f)))
					(list 'serverurl (if *runremote*
							     (remote-server-url *runremote*)
							     #f)) ;;
					(list 'areaname  (common:get-area-name))

		)) ;; we can safely cache megatest.config since we have a valid runconfig
	  data))))

;;======================================================================
;; TODO: for multiple areas, we will have multiple watchdogs; and multiple threads to manage
(define (common:watchdog)
  (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "common:watchdog entered.")
  #;(if (launch:setup)
      (if (common:on-homehost?)
	  (let ((dbstruct (db:setup #t)))
	    (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "after db:setup with dbstruct=" dbstruct)
	    (cond
	     ((dbr:dbstruct-read-only dbstruct)
	      (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "loading read-only watchdog")
	      (common:readonly-watchdog dbstruct))