Megatest

	    (lambda ()
	      (print ";; logpro file extracted from testconfig\n"
		     ";;")
	      (print tconfig-logpro)))
	  (set! logpro-used #t)))
    
    ;; NB// can safely assume we are in test-area directory
    (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "ezsteps:\n stepname: " stepname " stepinfo: " stepinfo " stepparts: " stepparts
		 " stepparms: " stepparms " stepcmd: " stepcmd)
    
    ;; ;; first source the previous environment
    ;; (let ((prev-env (conc ".ezsteps/" prevstep (if (string-search (regexp "csh") 
    ;;      							 (get-environment-variable "SHELL")) ".csh" ".sh"))))
    ;;   (if (and prevstep (file-exists? prev-env))
    ;;       (set! script (conc script "source " prev-env))))
    
    ;; call the command using mt_ezstep
    ;; (set! script (conc "mt_ezstep " stepname " " (if prevstep prevstep "x") " " stepcmd))
    
    (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "script: " script)
    (rmt:teststep-set-status! run-id test-id stepname "start" "-" #f #f)
    ;; now launch the actual process
    (call-with-environment-variables 
     (list (cons "PATH" (conc (get-environment-variable "PATH") ":.")))
     (lambda () ;; (process-run "/bin/bash" "-c" "exec ls -l /tmp/foobar > /tmp/delme-more.log 2>&1")
       (let* ((cmd (conc stepcmd " > " stepname ".log 2>&1")) ;; >outfile 2>&1 
	      (pid (process-run "/bin/bash" (list "-c" cmd))))
	 (rmt:test-set-top-process-pid run-id test-id pid)
	 (let processloop ((i 0))
	   (let-values (((pid-val exit-status exit-code)(process-wait pid #t)))
		       (mutex-lock! m)
		       (launch:einf-pid-set!         exit-info pid)         ;; (vector-set! exit-info 0 pid)
		       (launch:einf-exit-status-set! exit-info exit-status) ;; (vector-set! exit-info 1 exit-status)
		       (launch:einf-exit-code-set!   exit-info exit-code)   ;; (vector-set! exit-info 2 exit-code)
		       (mutex-unlock! m)
		       (if (eq? pid-val 0)
			   (begin
			     (thread-sleep! 2)
			     (processloop (+ i 1))))
		       )))))
    (debug:print-info 0 #f "step " stepname " completed with exit code " (launch:einf-exit-code exit-info)) ;; (vector-ref exit-info 2))
    ;; now run logpro if needed
    (if logpro-used
	(let ((pid (process-run (conc "logpro " logpro-file " " (conc stepname ".html") " < " stepname ".log"))))
	  (let processloop ((i 0))
	    (let-values (((pid-val exit-status exit-code)(process-wait pid #t)))
			(mutex-lock! m)
			;; (make-launch:einf pid: pid exit-status: exit-status exit-code: exit-code)
			(launch:einf-pid-set!         exit-info pid)         ;; (vector-set! exit-info 0 pid)
			(launch:einf-exit-status-set! exit-info exit-status) ;; (vector-set! exit-info 1 exit-status)
			(launch:einf-exit-code-set!   exit-info exit-code)   ;; (vector-set! exit-info 2 exit-code)
			(mutex-unlock! m)
			(if (eq? pid-val 0)
			    (begin
			      (thread-sleep! 2)
			      (processloop (+ i 1)))))
	    (debug:print-info 0 #f "logpro for step " stepname " exited with code " (launch:einf-exit-code exit-info))))) ;; (vector-ref exit-info 2)))))
    
    (let ((exinfo (launch:einf-exit-code exit-info)) ;; (vector-ref exit-info 2))
	  (logfna (if logpro-used (conc stepname ".html") ""))
	  (comment #f))
      (if logpro-used
	  (let ((datfile (conc stepname ".dat")))
	    ;; load the .dat file into the test_data table if it exists

			      ((eq? overall-status 'abort) 'abort)
			      (else 'fail)))
	   (next-state       ;; "RUNNING") ;; WHY WAS THIS CHANGED TO NOT USE (null? tal) ??
	    (cond
	     ((null? tal) ;; more to run?
	      "COMPLETED")
	     (else "RUNNING"))))
      (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "Exit value received: " (launch:einf-exit-code exit-info) " logpro-used: " logpro-used 
		   " this-step-status: " this-step-status " overall-status: " overall-status 
		   " next-status: " next-status " rollup-status: "  (launch:einf-rollup-status exit-info)) ;; (vector-ref exit-info 3))
      (case next-status
	((warn)
	 (launch:einf-rollup-status-set! exit-info 2) ;; (vector-set! exit-info 3 2) ;; rollup-status
	 ;; NB// test-set-status! does rdb calls under the hood
	 (tests:test-set-status! run-id test-id next-state "WARN" 

	     (ezstepslst (if (hash-table? testconfig)
			     (hash-table-ref/default testconfig "ezsteps" '())
			     #f)))
	(if testconfig
	    (hash-table-set! *testconfigs* test-name testconfig) ;; cached for lazy reads later ...
	    (begin
	      (launch:setup)
	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: no testconfig found for " test-name " in search path:\n  "
			   (string-intersperse (tests:get-tests-search-path *configdat*) "\n  "))))
	;; after all that, still no testconfig? Time to abort
	(if (not testconfig)
	    (begin
	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: Failed to resolve megatest.config, runconfigs.config and testconfig issues. Giving up now")
	      (exit 1)))
	(if (not (file-exists? ".ezsteps"))(create-directory ".ezsteps"))
	;; if ezsteps was defined then we are sure to have at least one step but check anyway
	(if (not (> (length ezstepslst) 0))
	    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: ezsteps defined but ezstepslst is zero length")
	    (let loop ((ezstep (car ezstepslst))
		       (tal    (cdr ezstepslst))
		       (prevstep #f))
	      ;; check exit-info (vector-ref exit-info 1)
	      (if (launch:einf-exit-status exit-info) ;; (vector-ref exit-info 1)
		  (let ((logpro-used (launch:runstep ezstep run-id test-id exit-info m tal testconfig))
			(stepname    (car ezstep)))
		    ;; if logpro-used read in the stepname.dat file
		    (if (and logpro-used (file-exists? (conc stepname ".dat")))
			(launch:load-logpro-dat run-id test-id stepname))
		    (if (steprun-good? logpro-used (launch:einf-exit-code exit-info))
			(if (not (null? tal))
			    (loop (car tal) (cdr tal) stepname))
			(debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "WARNING: step " (car ezstep) " failed. Stopping")))
		  (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "WARNING: a prior step failed, stopping at " ezstep)))))))

(define (launch:monitor-job run-id test-id item-path fullrunscript ezsteps test-name tconfigreg exit-info m work-area runtlim misc-flags)
  (let* ((start-seconds (current-seconds))
	 (calc-minutes  (lambda ()
			  (inexact->exact 
			   (round 
			    (- 

				 df
				 #f))))
	(set! kill-job? (or (test-get-kill-request run-id test-id) ;; run-id test-name itemdat))
			    (and runtlim (let* ((run-seconds   (- (current-seconds) start-seconds))
						(time-exceeded (> run-seconds runtlim)))
					   (if time-exceeded
					       (begin
						 (debug:print-info 0 #f "KILLING TEST DUE TO TIME LIMIT EXCEEDED! Runtime=" run-seconds " seconds, limit=" runtlim)
						 #t)
					       #f)))))
	(tests:update-central-meta-info run-id test-id new-cpu-load new-disk-free (calc-minutes) #f #f)
	(if kill-job? 
	    (begin
	      (mutex-lock! m)
	      ;; NOTE: The pid can change as different steps are run. Do we need handshaking between this
	      ;;       section and the runit section? Or add a loop that tries three times with a 1/4 second
	      ;;       between tries?
	      (let* ((pid1 (launch:einf-pid exit-info)) ;; (vector-ref exit-info 0))
		     (pid2 (rmt:test-get-top-process-pid run-id test-id))
		     (pids (delete-duplicates (filter number? (list pid1 pid2)))))
		(if (not (null? pids))
		    (begin
		      (for-each
		       (lambda (pid)
			 (handle-exceptions
			  exn
			  (begin
			    (debug:print-info 0 #f "Unable to kill process with pid " pid ", possibly already killed.")
			    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn)))
			  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: Request received to kill job " pid) ;;  " (attempt # " kill-tries ")")
			  (debug:print-info 0 #f "Signal mask=" (signal-mask))
			  ;; (if (process:alive? pid)
			  ;;     (begin
			  (map (lambda (pid-num)
				 (process-signal pid-num signal/term))
			       (process:get-sub-pids pid))
			  (thread-sleep! 5)
			  ;; (if (process:process-alive? pid)
			  (map (lambda (pid-num)
				 (handle-exceptions
				  exn
				  #f
				  (process-signal pid-num signal/kill)))
			       (process:get-sub-pids pid))))
		       ;;    (debug:print-info 0 #f "not killing process " pid " as it is not alive"))))
		       pids)
		      (tests:test-set-status! run-id test-id "KILLED"  "KILLED" (args:get-arg "-m") #f))
		    (begin
		      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: Nothing to kill, pid1=" pid1 ", pid2=" pid2)
		      (tests:test-set-status! run-id test-id "KILLED"  "FAILED TO KILL" (args:get-arg "-m") #f)
		      )))
	      (mutex-unlock! m)
	      ;; no point in sticking around. Exit now.
	      (exit)))
	(if (hash-table-ref/default misc-flags 'keep-going #f)
	    (begin

	  ;; NFS might not have propagated the directory meta data to the run host - give it time if needed
	  (let loop ((count 0))
	    (if (or (file-exists? top-path)
		    (> count 10))
		(change-directory top-path)
		(begin
		  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Not starting job yet - directory " top-path " not found")
		  (thread-sleep! 10)
		  (loop (+ count 1)))))

	  (let ((sighand (lambda (signum)
			   ;; (signal-mask! signum) ;; to mask or not? seems to cause issues in exiting
			   (if (eq? signum signal/stop)
			       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: attempt to STOP process. Exiting."))
			   (set! *time-to-exit* #t)
			   (print "Received signal " signum ", cleaning up before exit. Please wait...")
			   (let ((th1 (make-thread (lambda ()
						     (tests:test-force-state-status! run-id test-id "INCOMPLETE" "KILLED")
						     (print "Killed by signal " signum ". Exiting")
						     (thread-sleep! 1)
						     (exit 1))))
				 (th2 (make-thread (lambda ()
						     (thread-sleep! 2)
						     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Done")
						     (exit 4)))))
			     (thread-start! th2)
			     (thread-start! th1)
			     (thread-join! th2)))))
	    (set-signal-handler! signal/int sighand)
	    (set-signal-handler! signal/term sighand)
	    ) ;; (set-signal-handler! signal/stop sighand)
	  
	  ;; Do not run the test if it is REMOVING, RUNNING, KILLREQ or REMOTEHOSTSTART,
	  ;; Mark the test as REMOTEHOSTSTART *IMMEDIATELY*
	  ;;
	  (let* ((test-info (rmt:get-test-info-by-id run-id test-id))
		 (test-host (db:test-get-host        test-info))
		 (test-pid  (db:test-get-process_id  test-info)))
	    (cond
	     ((member (db:test-get-state test-info) '("INCOMPLETE" "KILLED" "UNKNOWN" "KILLREQ" "STUCK")) ;; prior run of this test didn't complete, go ahead and try to rerun
	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: test is INCOMPLETE or KILLED, treat this execute call as a rerun request")
	      (tests:test-force-state-status! run-id test-id "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "n/a")) ;; prime it for running
	     ((member (db:test-get-state test-info) '("RUNNING" "REMOTEHOSTSTART"))
	      (if (process:alive-on-host? test-host test-pid)
		  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: test state is "  (db:test-get-state test-info) " and process " test-pid " is still running on host " test-host ", cannot proceed")
		  (tests:test-force-state-status! run-id test-id "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "n/a")))
	     ((not (member (db:test-get-state test-info) '("REMOVING" "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "RUNNING" "KILLREQ")))
	      (tests:test-force-state-status! run-id test-id "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "n/a"))
	     (else ;; (member (db:test-get-state test-info) '("REMOVING" "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "RUNNING" "KILLREQ"))
	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: test state is " (db:test-get-state test-info) ", cannot proceed")
	      (exit))))
	  
	  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "Exectuing " test-name " (id: " test-id ") on " (get-host-name))
	  (set! keys       (rmt:get-keys))
	  ;; (runs:set-megatest-env-vars run-id inkeys: keys inkeyvals: keyvals) ;; these may be needed by the launching process
	  ;; one of these is defunct/redundant ...
	  (if (not (launch:setup force: #t))
	      (begin
		(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Failed to setup, exiting") 
		;; (sqlite3:finalize! db)
		;; (sqlite3:finalize! tdb)
		(exit 1)))
	  (change-directory *toppath*) 

	  ;; NOTE: Current order is to process runconfigs *before* setting the MT_ vars. This 
	  ;;       seems non-ideal but could well break stuff
	  ;;    BUG? BUG? BUG?
	  
	  (let ((rconfig (full-runconfigs-read))) ;; (read-config (conc  *toppath* "/runconfigs.config") #f #t sections: (list "default" target))))
	    ;; (setup-env-defaults (conc *toppath* "/runconfigs.config") run-id (make-hash-table) keyvals target)
	    ;; (set-run-config-vars run-id keyvals target) ;; (db:get-target db run-id))
	    ;; Now have runconfigs data loaded, set environment vars
	    (for-each (lambda (section)
			(for-each (lambda (varval)
				    (let ((var (car varval))
					  (val (cadr varval)))
				      (if (and (string? var)(string? val))
					  (begin
					    (setenv var (config:eval-string-in-environment val))) ;; val)
					  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: bad variable spec, " var "=" val))))
				  (configf:get-section rconfig section)))
		      (list "default" target)))

	  ;; NFS might not have propagated the directory meta data to the run host - give it time if needed
	  (let loop ((count 0))
	    (if (or (file-exists? work-area)
		    (> count 10))
		(change-directory work-area)
		(begin
		  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Not starting job yet - directory " work-area " not found")
		  (thread-sleep! 10)
		  (loop (+ count 1)))))

	  ;; (change-directory work-area) 
	  (set! keyvals    (keys:target->keyval keys target))
	  ;; apply pre-overrides before other variables. The pre-override vars must not
	  ;; clobbers things from the official sources such as megatest.config and runconfigs.config
	  (if (string? set-vars)
	      (let ((varpairs (string-split set-vars ",")))
		(debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "varpairs: " varpairs)
		(map (lambda (varpair)
		       (let ((varval (string-split varpair "=")))
			 (if (eq? (length varval) 2)
			     (let ((var (car varval))
				   (val (cadr varval)))
			       (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "Adding pre-var/val " var " = " val " to the environment")
			       (setenv var val)))))
		     varpairs)))
	  (for-each
	   (lambda (varval)
	     (let ((var (car varval))
		   (val (cadr varval)))
	       (if val
		   (setenv var val)
		   (begin
		     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: required variable " var " does not have a valid value. Exiting")
		     (exit)))))
	     (list 
	      (list  "MT_TEST_RUN_DIR" work-area)
	      (list  "MT_TEST_NAME" test-name)
	      (list  "MT_ITEM_INFO" (conc itemdat))
	      (list  "MT_ITEMPATH"  item-path)
	      (list  "MT_RUNNAME"   runname)

				 (launch:monitor-job  run-id test-id item-path fullrunscript ezsteps test-name tconfigreg exit-info m work-area runtlim misc-flags)))
		 (th1          (make-thread monitorjob "monitor job"))
		 (th2          (make-thread runit "run job")))
	    (set! job-thread th2)
	    (thread-start! th1)
	    (thread-start! th2)
	    (thread-join! th2)
	    (debug:print-info 0 #f "Megatest exectute of test " test-name ", item path " item-path " complete. Notifying the db ...")
	    (hash-table-set! misc-flags 'keep-going #f)
	    (thread-join! th1)
	    (thread-sleep! 1)       ;; givbe thread th1 a chance to be done TODO: Verify this is needed. At 0.1 I was getting fail to stop, increased to total of 1.1 sec.
	    (mutex-lock! m)
	    (let* ((item-path (item-list->path itemdat))
		   ;; only state and status needed - use lazy routine
		   (testinfo  (rmt:get-testinfo-state-status run-id test-id)))

				      ;; if the current status is AUTO the defer to the calculated value but qualify (i.e. make this AUTO-WARN)
				      (if (equal? (db:test-get-status testinfo) "AUTO") "AUTO-WARN" "WARN"))
				     ((eq? (launch:einf-rollup-status exit-info) 3) "CHECK")
				     ((eq? (launch:einf-rollup-status exit-info) 4) "WAIVED")
				     ((eq? (launch:einf-rollup-status exit-info) 5) "ABORT")
				     ((eq? (launch:einf-rollup-status exit-info) 6) "SKIP")
				     (else "FAIL")))) ;; (db:test-get-status testinfo)))
		    (debug:print-info 1 #f "Test exited in state=" (db:test-get-state testinfo) ", setting state/status based on exit code of " (launch:einf-exit-status exit-info) " and rollup-status of " (launch:einf-rollup-status exit-info))
		    (tests:test-set-status! run-id 
					    test-id 
					    new-state
					    new-status
					    (args:get-arg "-m") #f)
		    ;; need to update the top test record if PASS or FAIL and this is a subtest
		    ;; NO NEED TO CALL roll-up-pass-fail-counts HERE, THIS IS DONE IN roll-up-pass-fail-counts called by tests:test-set-status!
		    ))
	      ;; for automated creation of the rollup html file this is a good place...
	      (if (not (equal? item-path ""))
		  (tests:summarize-items run-id test-id test-name #f))
	      (tests:summarize-test run-id test-id)  ;; don't force - just update if no
	      (rmt:update-run-stats run-id (rmt:get-raw-run-stats run-id)))
	    (mutex-unlock! m)
	    (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "Output from running " fullrunscript ", pid " (launch:einf-pid exit-info) " in work area " 
			 work-area ":\n====\n exit code " (launch:einf-exit-code exit-info) "\n" "====\n")
	    (if (not (launch:einf-exit-status exit-info))
		(exit 4)))))))

(define (launch:cache-config)
  ;; if we have a linktree and -runtests and -target and the directory exists dump the config
  ;; to megatest-(current-seconds).cfg and symlink it to megatest.cfg

			   (args:get-arg ":runname")
			   (getenv "MT_RUNNAME")))
	     (fulldir  (conc linktree "/"
			     target "/"
			     runname)))
	(if (and linktree (file-exists? linktree)) ;; can't proceed without linktree
	    (begin
	      (debug:print-info 0 #f "Have -run with target=" target ", runname=" runname ", fulldir=" fulldir ", testpatt=" (or (args:get-arg "-testpatt") "%"))
	      (if (not (file-exists? fulldir))
		  (create-directory fulldir #t)) ;; need to protect with exception handler 
	      (if (and target
		       runname
		       (file-exists? fulldir))
		  (let ((tmpfile  (conc fulldir "/.megatest.cfg." (current-seconds)))
			(targfile (conc fulldir "/.megatest.cfg-"  megatest-version "-" megatest-fossil-hash))
			(rconfig  (conc fulldir "/.runconfig." megatest-version "-" megatest-fossil-hash)))
		    (if (file-exists? rconfig) ;; only cache megatest.config AFTER runconfigs has been cached
			(begin
			  (debug:print-info 0 #f "Caching megatest.config in " tmpfile)
			  (configf:write-alist *configdat* tmpfile)
			  (system (conc "ln -sf " tmpfile " " targfile))))
		    )))
	    (debug:print-info 1 #f "No linktree yet, no caching configs.")))))


;; gather available information, if legit read configs in this order:
;;
;;   if have cache;
;;      read it a return it
;;   else

	    (begin
	      (set! *configdat*  (car first-pass))
	      (set! *configinfo* first-pass)
	      (set! *toppath*    (or toppath (cadr first-pass))) ;; use the gathered data unless already have it
	      (set! toppath      *toppath*)
	      (if (not *toppath*)
		  (begin
		    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: you are not in a megatest area!")
		    (exit 1)))
	      (setenv "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME" *toppath*)
	      ;; the seed read is done, now read runconfigs, cache it then read megatest.config one more time and cache it
	      (let* ((keys         (rmt:get-keys))
		     (key-vals     (keys:target->keyval keys target))
		     (linktree     (or (getenv "MT_LINKTREE")
				       (if *configdat* (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree") #f)))

						"/runconfigs.config") *runconfigdat* #t sections: sections)))
	      (set! *configinfo*   cfgdat)
	      (set! *configdat*    (car cfgdat))
	      (set! *runconfigdat* rdat)
	      (set! *toppath*      toppath)
	      (set! *configstatus* 'partial))
	    (begin
	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: No " mtconfig " file found. Giving up.")
	      (exit 2))))))
    ;; additional house keeping
    (let* ((linktree (or (getenv "MT_LINKTREE")
			 (if *configdat* (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree") #f))))
      (if linktree
	  (if (not (file-exists? linktree))
	      (begin
		(handle-exceptions
		 exn
		 (begin
		   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: Something went wrong when trying to create linktree dir at " linktree)
		   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
		   (exit 1))
		 (create-directory linktree #t))))
	  (begin
	    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: linktree not defined in [setup] section of megatest.config")
	    ;; (exit 1)
	    )))
    (if (and *toppath*
	     (directory-exists? *toppath*))
	(setenv "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME" *toppath*)
	(begin
	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: failed to find the top path to your Megatest area.")))
    *toppath*))

(define launch:setup launch:setup-new)

(define (get-best-disk confdat testconfig)
  (let* ((disks   (or (and testconfig (hash-table-ref/default testconfig "disks" #f))
		      (hash-table-ref/default confdat "disks" #f)))
	 (minspace (let ((m (configf:lookup confdat "setup" "minspace")))
		     (string->number (or m "10000")))))
    (if disks 
	(let ((res (common:get-disk-with-most-free-space disks minspace))) ;; min size of 1000, seems tad dumb
	  (if res
	      (cdr res)
	      (begin
		(if (common:low-noise-print 20 "No valid disks or no disk with enough space")
		    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: No valid disks found in megatest.config. Please add some to your [disks] section and ensure the directory exists and has enough space!\n    You can change minspace in the [setup] section of megatest.config. Current setting is: " minspace))
		(exit 1)))))))

;; Desired directory structure:
;;
;;  <linkdir> - <target> - <testname> -.
;;                                     |
;;                                     v

	 (lnkpathf  (conc lnkpath (if not-iterated "" "/") item-path))
	 (lnktarget (conc lnkpath "/" item-path)))

    ;; Update the rundir path in the test record for all, rundir=physical, shortdir=logical
    ;;                                                 rundir   shortdir
    (rmt:general-call 'test-set-rundir-shortdir run-id lnkpathf test-path testname item-path)

    (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "INFO:\n       lnkbase=" lnkbase "\n       lnkpath=" lnkpath "\n  toptest-path=" toptest-path "\n     test-path=" test-path)
    (if (not (file-exists? linktree))
	(begin
	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: linktree did not exist! Creating it now at " linktree)
	  (create-directory linktree #t))) ;; (system (conc "mkdir -p " linktree))))
    ;; create the directory for the tests dir links, this is needed no matter what...
    (if (and (not (directory-exists? lnkbase))
	     (not (file-exists? lnkbase)))
	(handle-exceptions
	 exn
	 (begin
	   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: Problem creating linktree base at " lnkbase)
	   (print-error-message exn (current-error-port)))
	 (create-directory lnkbase #t)))
    
    ;; update the toptest record with its location rundir, cache the path
    ;; This wass highly inefficient, one db write for every subtest, potentially
    ;; thousands of unnecessary updates, cache the fact it was set and don't set it 
    ;; again. 

    ;; Now create the link from the test path to the link tree, however
    ;; if the test is iterated it is necessary to create the parent path
    ;; to the iteration. use pathname-directory to trim the path by one
    ;; level
    (if (not not-iterated) ;; i.e. iterated
	(let ((iterated-parent  (pathname-directory (conc lnkpath "/" item-path))))
	  (debug:print-info 2 #f "Creating iterated parent " iterated-parent)
	  (handle-exceptions
	   exn
	   (begin
	     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR:  Failed to create directory " iterated-parent ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", exiting")
	     (exit 1))
	   (create-directory iterated-parent #t))))

    (if (symbolic-link? lnkpath) 
	(handle-exceptions
	 exn
	 (begin
	   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR:  Failed to remove symlink " lnkpath ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", exiting")
	   (exit 1))
	 (delete-file lnkpath)))

    (if (not (or (file-exists? lnkpath)
		 (symbolic-link? lnkpath)))
	(handle-exceptions
	 exn
	 (begin
	   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR:  Failed to create symlink " lnkpath ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", exiting")
	   (exit 1))
	 (create-symbolic-link toptest-path lnkpath)))
    
    ;; NB - This was not working right - some top tests are not getting the path set!!!
    ;;
    ;; Do the setting of this record after the paths are created so that the shortdir can 
    ;; be set to the real directory location. This is safer for future clean up if the link

				(common:nice-path lnkpath)
				lnkpath)
			    testname "")
	  ;; (rmt:general-call 'test-set-rundir run-id lnkpath testname "") ;; toptest-path)
	  (if (or (not curr-test-path)
		  (not (directory-exists? toptest-path)))
	      (begin
		(debug:print-info 2 #f "Creating " toptest-path " and link " lnkpath)
		(handle-exceptions
		 exn
		 #f ;; don't care to catch and deal with errors here for now.
		 (create-directory toptest-path #t))
		(hash-table-set! *toptest-paths* testname toptest-path)))))

    ;; The toptest path has been created, the link to the test in the linktree has
    ;; been created. Now, if this is an iterated test the real test dir must be created
    (if (not not-iterated) ;; this is an iterated test
	(begin ;; (let ((lnktarget (conc lnkpath "/" item-path)))
	  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "Setting up sub test run area")
	  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* " - creating run area in " test-path)
	  (handle-exceptions
	   exn
	   (begin
	     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR:  Failed to create directory " test-path ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", exiting")
	     (exit 1))
	   (create-directory test-path #t))
	  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* 
		       " - creating link from: " test-path "\n"
		       "                   to: " lnktarget)

	  ;; If there is already a symlink delete it and recreate it.
	  (handle-exceptions
	   exn
	   (begin
	     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR:  Failed to re-create link " lnktarget ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", exiting")
	     (exit))
	   (if (symbolic-link? lnktarget)     (delete-file lnktarget))
	   (if (not (file-exists? lnktarget)) (create-symbolic-link test-path lnktarget)))))

    (if (not (directory? test-path))
	(create-directory test-path #t)) ;; this is a hack, I don't know why out of the blue this path does not exist sometimes

			       #f)))
		 (cmd    (if ovrcmd 
			     ovrcmd
			     (conc "rsync -av" (if (debug:debug-mode 1) "" "q") " " test-src-path "/ " test-path "/"
				   " >> " test-path "/mt_launch.log 2>> " test-path "/mt_launch.log")))
		 (status (system cmd)))
	    (if (not (eq? status 0))
		(debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "ERROR: problem with running \"" cmd "\"")))
	  (list lnkpathf lnkpath ))
	(if (and test-src-path (> remtries 0))
	    (begin
	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: Failed to create work area at " test-path " with link at " lnktarget ", remaining attempts " remtries)
	      ;; 
	      (create-work-area run-id run-info keyvals test-id test-src-path disk-path testname itemdat remtries: (- remtries 1)))
	    (list #f #f)))))

;; 1. look though disks list for disk with most space
;; 2. create run dir on disk, path name is meaningful
;; 3. create link from run dir to megatest runs area 

    (if (not remote-megatest)(set! remote-megatest local-megatest)) ;; "megatest"))
    (set! mt-bindir-path (pathname-directory remote-megatest))
    (if launcher (set! launcher (string-split launcher)))
    ;; set up the run work area for this test
    (if (and (args:get-arg "-preclean") ;; user has requested to preclean for this run
	     (not (member (db:test-get-rundir testinfo)(list "n/a" "/tmp/badname")))) ;; n/a is a placeholder and thus not a read dir
	(begin
	  (debug:print-info 0 #f "attempting to preclean directory " (db:test-get-rundir testinfo) " for test " test-name "/" item-path)
	  (runs:remove-test-directory testinfo 'remove-data-only))) ;; remove data only, do not perturb the record

    ;; prevent overlapping actions - set to LAUNCHED as early as possible
    ;;
    (tests:test-set-status! run-id test-id "LAUNCHED" "n/a" #f #f) ;; (if launch-results launch-results "FAILED"))
    (rmt:roll-up-pass-fail-counts run-id test-name item-path #f "LAUNCHED")
    (set! diskpath (get-best-disk *configdat* tconfig))
    (if diskpath
	(let ((dat  (create-work-area run-id run-info keyvals test-id test-path diskpath test-name itemdat)))
	  (set! work-area (car dat))
	  (set! toptest-work-area (cadr dat))
	  (debug:print-info 2 #f "Using work area " work-area))
	(begin
	  (set! work-area (conc test-path "/tmp_run"))
	  (create-directory work-area #t)
	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: No disk work area specified - running in the test directory under tmp_run")))
    (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*)

     ((and launcher hosts) ;; must be using ssh hostname
      (set! fullcmd (append launcher (car hosts)(list remote-megatest "-m" test-sig "-execute" cmdparms) debug-param)))
     ;; (set! fullcmd (append launcher (car hosts)(list remote-megatest test-sig "-execute" cmdparms))))
     (launcher
      (set! fullcmd (append launcher (list remote-megatest "-m" test-sig "-execute" cmdparms) debug-param)))
     ;; (set! fullcmd (append launcher (list remote-megatest test-sig "-execute" cmdparms))))
     (else
      (if (not useshell)(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: internal launching will not work well without \"useshell yes\" in your [jobtools] section"))
      (set! fullcmd (append (list remote-megatest "-m" test-sig "-execute" cmdparms) debug-param (list (if useshell "&" ""))))))
    ;; (set! fullcmd (list remote-megatest test-sig "-execute" cmdparms (if useshell "&" "")))))
    (if (args:get-arg "-xterm")(set! fullcmd (append fullcmd (list "-xterm"))))
    (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "Launching " work-area)
    ;; set pre-launch-env-vars before launching, keep the vars in prevvals and put the envionment back when done
    (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "fullcmd: " fullcmd)
    (let* ((commonprevvals (alist->env-vars
			    (hash-table-ref/default *configdat* "env-override" '())))
	   (testprevvals   (alist->env-vars
			    (hash-table-ref/default tconfig "pre-launch-env-overrides" '())))
	   (miscprevvals   (alist->env-vars ;; consolidate this code with the code in megatest.scm for "-execute"
			    (append (list (list "MT_TEST_RUN_DIR" work-area)
					  (list "MT_TEST_NAME" test-name)

      (with-output-to-file "mt_launch.log"
	(lambda ()
	  (print "LAUNCHCMD: " (string-intersperse fullcmd " "))
	  (if (list? launch-results)
	      (apply print launch-results)
	      (print "NOTE: launched \"" fullcmd "\"\n  but did not wait for it to proceed. Add the following to megatest.config \n[setup]\nlaunchwait yes\n  if you have problems with this"))
	  #:append))
      (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "Launching completed, updating db")
      (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "Launch results: " launch-results)
      (if (not launch-results)
          (begin
            (print "ERROR: Failed to run " (string-intersperse fullcmd " ") ", exiting now")
            ;; (sqlite3:finalize! db)
            ;; good ole "exit" seems not to work
            ;; (_exit 9)
            ;; but this hack will work! Thanks go to Alan Post of the Chicken email list