Megatest

(defstruct remote
  (hh-dat            (common:get-homehost)) ;; homehost record ( addr . hhflag )
  (server-url        (if *toppath* (server:check-if-running *toppath*))) ;; (server:check-if-running *toppath*) #f))
  (last-server-check 0)  ;; last time we checked to see if the server was alive
  (conndat           #f)
  (transport         *transport-type*)
  (server-timeout    (or (server:get-timeout) 100)) ;; default to 100 seconds
  (force-server      #f)
  (ro-mode           #f)  
  (ro-mode-checked   #f)) ;; flag that indicates we have checked for ro-mode

;; launching and hosts
(defstruct host
  (reachable    #f)
  (last-update  0)
  (last-used    0)
  (last-cpuload 1))

   (read (open-input-string (z3:decode-buffer (base64:base64-decode instr))))))

;; 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))
  (handle-exceptions
      exn
      #f ;; don't really care what went wrong right now. NOTE: I have not seen this one actually fail.
    (if (file-exists? fname)
	(if (> (- (current-seconds)(file-modification-time fname)) expire-time)
	    (begin
	      (delete-file* fname)
	      (common:simple-file-lock fname expire-time: expire-time))
	    #f)
	(let ((key-string (conc (get-host-name) "-" (current-process-id))))
	  (with-output-to-file fname
	    (lambda ()
	      (print key-string)))
	  (thread-sleep! 0.25)
	  (if (file-exists? fname)
	      (with-input-from-file fname
		(lambda ()
		  (equal? key-string (read-line))))
	      #f)))))

(define (common:simple-file-lock-and-wait fname #!key (expire-time 300))
  (let ((end-time (+ expire-time (current-seconds))))
    (let loop ((got-lock (common:simple-file-lock fname expire-time: expire-time)))
      (if got-lock
	  #t
	  (if (> end-time (current-seconds))
	      (begin
		(thread-sleep! 3)
		(loop (common:simple-file-lock fname expire-time: expire-time)))
	      #f)))))

(define (common:simple-file-release-lock fname)
  (handle-exceptions
      exn
      #f ;; I don't really care why this failed (at least for now)
    (delete-file* fname)))

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(define *common:std-states*   
  '((0 "ARCHIVED")