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		      (alist->pkt pktalist common:pkts-spec)))
	  (hash-table-set! *pkts-info* 'last-parent uuid)
	  (let ((pktsdir (or (hash-table-ref/default *pkts-info* 'pkts-dir #f)
			     (let* ((pktsdirs (common:get-pkts-dirs mtconf use-lt))
				    (pktsdir   (car pktsdirs))) ;; assume it is there
			       (hash-table-set! *pkts-info* 'pkts-dir pktsdir)
			       pktsdir))))
            (handle-exceptions
             exn
             (debug:print-info 0 "failed to write out packet to " pktsdir) ;; don't care if this failed for now but MUST FIX - BUG!!
             (if (not (file-exists? pktsdir))
                 (create-directory pktsdir #t))
             (with-output-to-file
                 (conc pktsdir "/" uuid ".pkt")
               (lambda ()
                 (print pkt)))))))))
	
(define (common:with-queue-db mtconf proc #!key (use-lt #f)(toppath-in #f))
  (let* ((pktsdirs (common:get-pkts-dirs mtconf use-lt))
	 (pktsdir  (if pktsdirs (car pktsdirs) #f))
	 (toppath  (or (configf:lookup mtconf "scratchdat" "toppath")
		       toppath-in))
	 (pdbpath  (or (configf:lookup mtconf "setup"  "pdbpath") pktsdir)))