Megatest

         (system (conc "mkdir -p " log-dir)))
     (open-output-file logpath))
   (exn ()
        (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Could not open log file for write: "logpath)
        (define *didsomething* #t)  
        (exit 1))))

;; this segment will run launch:setup only if -log is not set. This is fairly safe as servers are not
;; manually started and thus should never be started in a non-megatest area. Thus no need to handle situation
;; where (launch:setup) returns #f?
;;
(if (or (args:get-arg "-log")(args:get-arg "-server")) ;; redirect the log always when a server
    (handle-exceptions
	exn
	(begin
	  (print "ERROR: Failed to switch to log output. " ((conition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
	  )
      (let* ((tl   (or (args:get-arg "-log")(launch:setup)))   ;; run launch:setup if -server, ensure we do NOT run launch:setup if -log specified
	     (logf (or (args:get-arg "-log") ;; use -log unless we are a server, then craft a logfile name
		       (conc tl "/logs/server-" (current-process-id) "-" (get-host-name) ".log")))
	     (oup  (open-logfile logf)))
	(if (not (args:get-arg "-log"))
	    (hash-table-set! args:arg-hash "-log" logf)) ;; fake out future queries of -log
	(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Sending log output to " logf)
	(set! *default-log-port* oup))))