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                                              (print-error-message exn) ))))
     (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "    -- continuing after nonfatal condition...")
     #f)
   (thunk)))

(define getenv get-environment-variable)
(define (safe-setenv key val)
  (if (or (substring-index "!" key) (substring-index ":" key)) ;; variables containing : are for internal use and cannot be environment variables.
      (debug:print-error 4 *default-log-port* "skip setting internal use only variables containing \":\" or starting with \"!\"")
      (if (and (string? val)
	       (string? key))
	  (handle-exceptions
	      exn
	      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "bad value for setenv, key=" key ", value=" val)
	    (setenv key val))
	  (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "bad value for setenv, key=" key ", value=" val))))

     exn
     #f
     (with-output-to-file fullpath (lambda ()(pp dat))))))

;; get cpu load by reading from /proc/loadavg, return all three values
;;
(define (common:get-cpu-load remote-host)
  (let* ((actual-hostname (or remote-host (get-host-name) "localhost")))
    (or (common:get-cached-info actual-hostname "cpu-load")
	(let ((result (if remote-host
			  (map (lambda (res)
				 (if (eof-object? res) 9e99 res))
			       (with-input-from-pipe 
				   (conc "ssh " remote-host " cat /proc/loadavg")
				 (lambda ()(list (read)(read)(read)))))
			  (with-input-from-file "/proc/loadavg" 
			    (lambda ()(list (read)(read)(read)))))))
	  (common:write-cached-info actual-hostname "cpu-load" result)
	  result))))

;; get normalized cpu load by reading from /proc/loadavg and /proc/cpuinfo return all three values and the number of real cpus and the number of threads
;; returns alist '((adj-cpu-load . normalized-proc-load) ... etc.
;;  keys: adj-proc-load, adj-core-load, 1m-load, 5m-load, 15m-load
;;
(define (common:get-normalized-cpu-load remote-host)
  (let ((res (common:get-normalized-cpu-load-raw remote-host))
	(default `((adj-proc-load . 2) ;; there is no right answer
		   (adj-core-load . 2)
		   (1m-load       . 2)
		   (5m-load       . 0) ;; causes a large delta - thus causing default of throttling if stuff goes wrong
		   (15m-load      . 0)
		   (proc          . 1)
		   (core          . 1)
		   (phys          . 1)
		   (error         . #t))))
    (cond
     ((and (list? res)
	   (> (length res) 2))
      res)
     ((eq? res #f)   default) ;; add messages?
     ((eq? res #f) default)   ;; this would be the #eof
     (else default))))

(define (common:get-normalized-cpu-load-raw remote-host)
  (let* ((actual-host (or remote-host (get-host-name)))) ;; #f is localhost
    (or (common:get-cached-info actual-host "normalized-load")
	(let ((data (if remote-host
			(with-input-from-pipe 
			    (conc "ssh " remote-host " cat /proc/loadavg;cat /proc/cpuinfo;echo end")
			  read-lines)
			(append 
			 (with-input-from-file "/proc/loadavg" 

	      (if new-best
		  (begin ;; found a host, return it
		    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Found host: " new-best " load: " load " last-used: " delta " seconds ago, with job-rate: " job-rate)
		    (host-last-used-set! rec curr-time)
		    new-best)
		  (if (null? tal) #f (loop (car tal)(cdr tal) best-host)))))))))

(define (common:wait-for-cpuload maxload-in numcpus-in waitdelay #!key (count 1000) (msg #f)(remote-host #f)(force-maxload #f))
  (let* ((loadavg (common:get-cpu-load remote-host))
	 (numcpus (if (< 1 numcpus-in) ;; not possible
		      (common:get-num-cpus remote-host)
		      numcpus-in))
	 (maxload (if force-maxload
		      maxload-in
		      (max maxload-in 0.5))) ;; so maxload must be greater than 0.5 for now BUG - FIXME?
	 (first   (car loadavg))
	 (next    (cadr loadavg))
	 (adjload (* maxload (max 1 numcpus))) ;; possible bug where numcpus (or could be maxload) is zero, crude fallback is to at least use 1
	 (loadjmp (- first next))
         (adjwait (min (+ 300 (random 10)) (* (+ (random 10)(/ (- 1000 count) 10) waitdelay) (- first adjload) )  ))) ;; add some randomness to the time to break any alignment where netbatch dumps many jobs to machines simultaneously
    (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "Checking cpuload on " (or remote-host "localhost") ", maxload: " maxload
		      ", load: " first ", adjload: " adjload ", loadjmp: " loadjmp)
    (cond
     ((and (> first adjload)
	   (> count 0))
      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "server start delayed " adjwait " seconds due to load " first " exceeding max of " adjload " on server " (or remote-host (get-host-name)) " (normalized load-limit: " maxload ") " (if msg msg ""))
      (thread-sleep! adjwait)
      (common:wait-for-cpuload maxload numcpus waitdelay count: (- count 1) msg: msg remote-host: remote-host))
     ((and (> loadjmp numcpus)

	     (begin
	       (set! best     (cons disk-num dirpath))
	       (set! bestsize freespc)))))
     (map car disks))
    (if (and best (> bestsize minsize))
	best
	#f))) ;; #f means no disk candidate found

;; convert a spec string to a list of vectors #( rx  action rx-string )
(define (common:spec-string->list-of-specs spec-string actions)
  (let ((spec-strings  (string-split-fields "\\s*;\\s*" spec-string #:infix))
	(actions-regex (regexp (conc "^(.*)\\s+(" (string-intersperse (map conc actions) "|") ")"))))
    (filter
     (lambda (x) x)
     (map (lambda (s)
	    (let ((m (string-match actions-regex s)))
	      (if m
		  (vector (regexp (cadr m))(string->symbol (caddr m))(cadr m))
		  (begin
		    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: Unrecognised rule \"" s "\" in clean-up specification.")
		    #f))))
	  spec-strings))))
  
;; given a list of specs rx . rule and a file return the first matching rule
;; 
(define (common:file-find-rule fname rules) ;; rule is vector #( rx action rx-string)
  (let loop ((rule   (car rules))
	     (tail   (cdr rules)))
    (let ((rx (vector-ref rule 0))
	  (rn (vector-ref rule 1))) ;; rule name
      (if (string-match rx fname)
	  rule ;; return the whole rule so regex can be printed etc.
	  (if (null? tail)
	      #f
	      (loop (car tail)(cdr tail)))))))

;; given a spec apply some rules to a directory
;;
;;  WARNING: This function will REMOVE files - be sure your spec and path is correct!
;;
;; spec format:
;;   file-regex1 action; file-regex2 action; ...
;; e.g.
;;   .*\.log$ keep; .* remove
;;   --> keep all .log files, remove everything else
;; limitations:
;;   cannot have a rule with ; as part of the spec
;;   not very flexible, would be nice to return binned file names?
;; supported rules:
;;   keep     - keep this file
;;   remove   - remove this file
;;   compress - compress this file
;;
(define (common:dir-clean-up path spec-string #!key (compress "gzip")(actions '(keep remove compress))(remove-empty #f))
  (let* ((specs         (common:spec-string->list-of-specs spec-string actions))
	 (keepers       (make-hash-table))
	 (directories   (make-hash-table)))
    (find-files 
     path
     action: (lambda (p res)
	       (let ((rule  (common:file-find-rule p specs)))
		 (cond
		  ((directory? p)(hash-table-set! directories p #t))
		  (else
		   (case (vector-ref rule 1)
		     ((keep)(hash-table-set! keepers p rule))
		     ((remove)
		      (print "Removing file " p)
		      (delete-file p))
		     ((compress)
		      (print "Compressing file " p)
		      (system (conc compress " " p)))
		     (else
		      (print "No match for file " p))))))))
    (if remove-empty
	(for-each
	 (lambda (d)
	   (if (null? (glob (conc d "/.*")(conc d "/*")))
	       (begin
		 (print "Removing empty directory " d)
		 (delete-directory d))))
	 (sort (hash-table-keys directories) (lambda (a b)(> (string-length a)(string-length b))))))
    ))

;;======================================================================
;; E N V I R O N M E N T   V A R S
;;======================================================================
(define (bb-check-path #!key (msg "check-path: "))
  (let ((path (or (get-environment-variable "PATH") "none")))
    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* (conc msg" : $PATH="path))

	 (pktsdir  (if pktsdirs (car pktsdirs) #f))
	 (toppath  (or (configf:lookup mtconf "scratchdat" "toppath")
		       toppath-in))
	 (pdbpath  (or (configf:lookup mtconf "setup"  "pdbpath") pktsdir)))
    (cond
     ((not (and  pktsdir toppath pdbpath))
      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: settings are missing in your megatest.config for area management.")
      (debug:print  0 *default-log-port* "  you need to have pktsdirs in the [setup] section."))
     ((not (common:file-exists? pktsdir))
      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: pkts directory not found " pktsdir))
     ((not (equal? (file-owner pktsdir)(current-effective-user-id)))
      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: directory " pktsdir " is not owned by " (current-effective-user-name)))
     (else
	(let* ((pdb  (open-queue-db pdbpath "pkts.db"
				    schema: '("CREATE TABLE groups (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,groupname TEXT, CONSTRAINT group_constraint UNIQUE (groupname));"))))