Megatest

	   (retry))
      (exn (permission)(dbfile:print-err exn "ERROR: database " fname " has some permissions problem.")
	   (retry))
      (exn ()
	   (dbfile:print-err exn "ERROR: Unknown error with database " fname " message: "
			     ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
	   (retry)))))
          ;; (if (file-write-access? fname) -- stuff lost in merge, what was here?
          ;; )

(define (dbfile:open-no-sync-db dbpath)
  (if (not (file-exists? dbpath))
      (create-directory dbpath #t))
  (let* ((dbname    (conc dbpath "/no-sync.db"))
	 (db-exists (file-exists? dbname))
	 (db        (dbfile:cautious-open-database dbname)))

         (file-list (if (eq? 0 (length glob-list))
			'("/no/such/file")
			glob-list)))
  (apply max
	 (map
	  dbfile:lazy-modification-time 
	  file-list))))

)