Megatest

(define (common:directory-exists? path-string)
  ;;;; TODO: catch permission denied exceptions and emit appropriate warnings, eg:  system error while trying to access file: "/nfs/pdx/disks/icf_env_disk001/bjbarcla/gwa/issues/mtdev/randy-slow/reproduce/q...
  (common:false-on-exception (lambda () (directory-exists? path-string))
                             message: (conc "Unable to access path: " path-string)
                             ))

;; does the directory exist and do we have write access?
;;
;;    returns the directory or #f
;;
(define (common:directory-writable? path-string)
  (handle-exceptions
   exn
   #f
   (if (and (directory-exists? path-string)
            (file-write-access? path-string))
       path-string
       #f)))

(define (common:get-linktree)
  (or (getenv "MT_LINKTREE")
      (or (and *configdat*
	       (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree"))
	  (if *toppath*
	      (conc *toppath* "/lt")

	    target)
	(if target
	    (begin
	      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Invalid target, spaces or blanks not allowed \"" target "\", target should be: " (string-intersperse keys "/") ", have " tlist " for elements")
	      (if exit-if-bad (exit 1))
	      #f)
	    #f))))

;; looking only (at least for now) at the MT_ variables craft the full testname
;;
(define (common:get-full-test-name)
  (if (getenv "MT_TEST_NAME")
      (if (and (getenv "MT_ITEMPATH")
               (not (equal? (getenv "MT_ITEMPATH") "")))
          (getenv "MT_TEST_NAME")
          (conc (getenv "MT_TEST_NAME") "/" (getenv "MT_ITEMPATH")))
      #f))

;; logic for getting homehost. Returns (host . at-home)
;; IF *toppath* is not set, wait up to five seconds trying every two seconds
;; (this is to accomodate the watchdog)
;;
(define (common:get-homehost #!key (trynum 5))
  ;; called often especially at start up. use mutex to eliminate collisions

    (if hh
	(cdr hh)
	#f)))

;; do we honor the caches of the config files?
;;
(define (common:use-cache?)
  (let ((res #t)) ;; priority by order of evaluation
    (if *configdat*
	(if (equal? (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "use-cache") "no")
	    (set! res #f)
	    (if (equal? (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "use-cache") "yes")
		(set! res #t))))
    (if (args:get-arg "-no-cache")(set! res #f)) ;; overrides setting in "setup"
    (if (getenv "MT_USE_CACHE")