Megatest

			 (logfile    (conc stepname ".log"))
			 (cmd        (if (null? remargs) #f (car remargs)))
			 (params     (if cmd (cdr remargs) '()))
			 (exitstat   #f)
			 (shell      (last (string-split (get-environment-variable "SHELL") "/")))
			 (redir      (case (string->symbol shell)
				       ((tcsh csh ksh)    ">&")
				       ((zsh bash sh ash) "2>&1 >")))
			 (fullcmd    (conc "(" (string-intersperse 
						(cons cmd params) " ")
					   ") " redir " " logfile)))
		    ;; mark the start of the test
		    (test-set-status! db run-id test-name "start" "n/a" itemdat (args:get-arg "-m"))
		    ;; close the db
		    (sqlite3:finalize! db)