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;;======================================================================
;; Copyright 2017, Matthew Welland.
;; 
;; This file is part of Megatest.
;; 
;;     Megatest is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
;;     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
;;     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
;;     (at your option) any later version.
;; 
;;     Megatest is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
;;     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
;;     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
;;     GNU General Public License for more details.
;; 
;;     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;;     along with Megatest.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

;;======================================================================

(declare (unit commonmod))
(declare (uses mtver))
(declare (uses debugprint))
(declare (uses stml2))
(declare (uses pkts))
(declare (uses processmod))
(declare (uses mtargs))
(declare (uses configfmod))
;; (declare (uses hostinfo))
(declare (uses keysmod))

;; odd but it works?
;; (declare (uses itemsmod))

(module commonmod
	   (
make-db:test
db:test-get-id
db:test-get-run_id
db:test-get-testname
db:test-get-state
db:test-get-status
db:test-get-event_time
db:test-get-host
db:test-get-cpuload
db:test-get-diskfree
db:test-get-uname
db:test-get-rundir
db:test-get-item-path
db:test-get-run_duration
db:test-get-final_logf
db:test-get-comment
db:test-get-process_id
db:test-get-archived
db:test-get-last_update
db:test-get-fullname
db:test-make-full-name
db:test-get-first_err
db:test-get-first_warn
db:test-set-cpuload!
db:test-set-diskfree!
db:test-set-testname!
db:test-set-state!
db:test-set-status!
db:test-set-run_duration!
db:test-set-final_logf!
db:test-get-is-toplevel
make-db:mintest
db:mintest-get-id
db:mintest-get-run_id
db:mintest-get-testname
db:mintest-get-state
db:mintest-get-status
db:mintest-get-event_time
db:mintest-get-item_path
make-db:testmeta
db:testmeta-get-id
db:testmeta-get-testname
db:testmeta-get-author
db:testmeta-get-owner
db:testmeta-get-description
db:testmeta-get-reviewed
db:testmeta-get-iterated
db:testmeta-get-avg_runtime
db:testmeta-get-avg_disk
db:testmeta-get-tags
db:testmeta-set-id!
db:testmeta-set-testname!
db:testmeta-set-author!
db:testmeta-set-owner!
db:testmeta-set-description!
db:testmeta-set-reviewed!
db:testmeta-set-iterated!
db:testmeta-set-avg_runtime!
db:testmeta-set-avg_disk!
make-db:test-data
db:test-data-get-id
db:test-data-get-test_id
db:test-data-get-category
db:test-data-get-variable
db:test-data-get-value
db:test-data-get-expected
db:test-data-get-tol
db:test-data-get-units
db:test-data-get-comment
db:test-data-get-status
db:test-data-get-type
db:test-data-get-last_update
db:test-data-set-id!
db:test-data-set-test_id!
db:test-data-set-category!
db:test-data-set-variable!
db:test-data-set-value!
db:test-data-set-expected!
db:test-data-set-tol!
db:test-data-set-units!
db:test-data-set-comment!
db:test-data-set-status!
db:test-data-set-type!
make-db:step
tdb:step-get-id
tdb:step-get-test_id
tdb:step-get-stepname
tdb:step-get-state
tdb:step-get-status
tdb:step-get-event_time
tdb:step-get-logfile
tdb:step-get-comment
tdb:step-get-last_update
tdb:step-set-id!
tdb:step-set-test_id!
tdb:step-set-stepname!
tdb:step-set-state!
tdb:step-set-status!
tdb:step-set-event_time!
tdb:step-set-logfile!
tdb:step-set-comment!
make-db:steps-table
tdb:steps-table-get-stepname
tdb:steps-table-get-start
tdb:steps-table-get-end
tdb:steps-table-get-status
tdb:steps-table-get-runtime
tdb:steps-table-get-log-file
tdb:step-stable-set-stepname!
tdb:step-stable-set-start!
tdb:step-stable-set-end!
tdb:step-stable-set-status!
tdb:step-stable-set-runtime!
make-cdb:packet
cdb:packet-get-client-sig
cdb:packet-get-qtype
cdb:packet-get-immediate
cdb:packet-get-query-sig
cdb:packet-get-params
cdb:packet-get-qtime
cdb:packet-set-client-sig!
cdb:packet-set-qtype!
cdb:packet-set-immediate!
cdb:packet-set-query-sig!
cdb:packet-set-params!
cdb:packet-set-qtime!
runs:runrec-make-record
runs:runrec-get-target
runs:runrec-get-runname
runs:runrec-testpatt
runs:runrec-keys
runs:runrec-keyvals
runs:runrec-environment
runs:runrec-mconfig
runs:runrec-runconfig
runs:runrec-serverdat
runs:runrec-transport
runs:runrec-db
runs:runrec-top-path
runs:runrec-run_id
test:get-id
test:get-run_id
test:get-test-name
test:get-state
test:get-status
test:get-item-path
test:test-get-fullname
make-and-init-bigdata
call-with-environment-variables
common:simple-file-lock
common:simple-file-lock-and-wait
common:simple-file-release-lock
common:fail-safe
get-file-descriptor-count
common:get-this-exe-fullpath
common:get-sync-lock-filepath
common:find-local-megatest
common:logpro-exit-code->status-sym
common:worse-status-sym
common:steps-can-proceed-given-status-sym
status-sym->string
common:logpro-exit-code->test-status
common:clear-caches
common:get-full-version
common:version-signature
common:snapshot-file
common:rotate-logs
make-sparse-array
sparse-array?
sparse-array-ref
sparse-array-set!
common:db-block-further-queries
common:db-access-allowed?
common:to-alist
common:alist-ref/default
common:low-noise-print
common:get-megatest-exe
common:read-encoded-string
common:special-sort
get-with-default
assoc/default
common:get-area-name
common:get-toppath
common:get-db-tmp-area
common:get-signature
common:get-area-path-signature
common:calc-area-key
common:get-area-key
common:human-time
std-signal-handler
special-signal-handler
any->number
any->number-if-possible
patt-list-match
common:get-disks
common:which
common:get-install-area
common:get-create-writeable-dir
common:get-youngest
common:bash-glob
common:list-or-null
common:get-runconfig-targets
common:args-get-state
common:args-get-status
common:args-get-testpatt
common:false-on-exception
common:file-exists?
common:directory-exists?
common:directory-writable?
common:get-linktree
common:args-get-runname
common:args-get-target
common:get-full-test-name
common:use-cache?
common:force-server?
common:list-is-sublist
common:max
common:min-max
common:sum
common:list->htree
common:htree->html
common:htree->atree
common:sparse-list-generate-index
common:lazy-convert
common:val->alist
common:lazy-modification-time
common:lazy-sqlite-db-modification-time
common:get-intercept
common:get-delay
common:print-delay-table
get-cpu-load
common:get-cached-info
common:write-cached-info
common:raw-get-remote-host-load
common:get-cpu-load
common:get-normalized-cpu-load
common:get-normalized-cpu-load-raw
common:unix-ping
launch:is-test-alive
common:get-num-cpus
common:wait-for-normalized-load
common:wait-for-cpuload
tasks:kill-server
;; server:get-logs-list
;; server:get-list
;; server:get-num-alive
;; server:get-best
;; server:get-first-best
;; server:get-rand-best
server:record->id
server:get-num-servers
server:logf-get-start-info
get-uname
realpath
common:real-path
common:get-disk-space-used
get-df
get-free-inodes
get-unix-df
get-unix-inodes
common:check-space-in-dir
common:check-db-dir-space
common:check-db-dir-and-exit-if-insufficient
common:get-disk-with-most-free-space
common:spec-string->list-of-specs
common:file-find-rule
common:dir-clean-up
bb-check-path
save-environment-as-files
common:get-param-mapping
alist->env-vars
get-the-original-environment
common:with-orig-env
common:without-vars
common:run-a-command
common:hms-string->seconds
seconds->hr-min-sec
seconds->time-string
seconds->work-week/day-time
seconds->work-week/day
seconds->year-work-week/day
seconds->year-work-week/day-time
seconds->year-work-week/day-time-fname
seconds->year-week/day-time
seconds->quarter
common:date-time->seconds
common:find-start-mark-and-mark-delta
common:expand-cron-slash
common:cron-expand
common:cron-event
common:extended-cron
common:name->iup-color
common:iup-color->rgb-hex
common:in-running-test?
common:get-color-from-status
common:load-views-config
hh:make-hh
hh:get
hh:set!
common:get-pkts-dirs
common:save-pkt
common:minimal-save-pkt
common:get-pkt-alists
common:get-pkt-times
common:send-thunk-to-background-thread
common:join-backgrounded-threads
dtests:get-pre-command
dtests:get-post-command
db:patt->like
tests:cache-regexp
tests:glob-like-match
tests:match
tests:match->sqlqry
tests:get-itemmaps
tests:lookup-itemmap
tests:get-tests-search-path
server:get-best-guess-address
tests:readlines
server:expiration-timeout
runs:get-mt-env-alist
keys:make-key/field-string
sexpr->string
string->sexpr
*bdat*
*user-hash-data*
*db-keys*
*pkts-info*
*configinfo*
*runconfigdat*
*configdat*
*configstatus*
*toppath*
*already-seen-runconfig-info*
*test-meta-updated*
*globalexitstatus*
*passnum*
*common:denoise*
*time-zero*
*default-area-tag*
*dbstruct-db*
*db-stats*
*db-stats-mutex*
*db-last-access*
*db-write-access*
*db-last-sync*
*db-sync-in-progress*
*db-multi-sync-mutex*
*task-db*
*db-access-allowed*
*db-access-mutex*
*db-transaction-mutex*
*db-cache-path*
*db-with-db-mutex*
*db-api-call-time*
*didsomething*
*no-sync-db*
*my-signature*
*transport-type*
*logged-in-clients*
*server-run*
*run-id*
*server-kind-run*
*home-host*
*heartbeat-mutex*
*api-process-request-count*
*max-api-process-requests*
*server-overloaded*
*writes-total-delay*
*unclean-shutdown*
*rmt-mutex*
*keys*
*keyvals*
*toptest-paths*
*test-paths*
*test-ids*
*test-info*
*run-info-cache*
*launch-setup-mutex*
*homehost-mutex*
*triggers-mutex*
*numcpus-cache*
*host-loads*
*env-vars-by-run-id*
*testconfigs*
*runconfigs*
*pre-reqs-met-cache*
*verbosity-cache*
*fdb*
*last-launch*
*common:std-states*
*common:dont-roll-up-states*
*common:std-statuses*
*common:ended-states*
*common:badly-ended-states*
*common:well-ended-states*
*common:running-states*
*common:cant-run-states*
*common:not-started-ok-statuses*
*verbosity*
*logging*
*common:thread-punchlist*
*last-num-running-tests*
*seen-cant-run-tests*
*runs:denoise*
*max-tries-hash*
*send-receive-mutex*
*db:process-queue-mutex*
*http-functions*
*http-mutex*
*http-requests-in-progress*
*http-connections-next-cleanup*
*number-of-writes*
*number-non-write-queries*
*global-db-store*
*common:logpro-exit-code->status-sym-alist*
*glob-like-match-cache*

;; bad name - clean this up
keys:config-get-fields
sdb:qry

;; record accessors and settors

bdat-home
bdat-user
bdat-watchdog
bdat-time-to-exit
bdat-task-db
bdat-target
bdat-this-exe-fullpath
bdat-this-exe-dir
bdat-this-exe-name
bdat-orig-env
bdat-runs-data

bdat-task-db-set!
bdat-time-to-exit-set!
bdat-watchdog-set!
bdat-task-db-set!
bdat-target-set!

make-launch:einf
launch:einf-pid
launch:einf-exit-status
launch:einf-exit-code
launch:einf-rollup-status
launch:einf-pid-set!
launch:einf-exit-status-set!
launch:einf-exit-code-set!
launch:einf-rollup-status-set!

make-host
host-reachable
host-last-update
host-last-used
host-last-cpuload
host-reachable-set!
host-last-update-set!
host-last-used-set!
host-last-cpuload-set!

runs:gendat-inc-results
runs:gendat-inc-results-last-update
runs:gendat-inc-results-fmt
runs:gendat-run-info
runs:gendat-runname
runs:gendat-target
runs:gendat-inc-results-set!
runs:gendat-inc-results-last-update-set!
runs:gendat-inc-results-fmt-set!
runs:gendat-run-info-set!
runs:gendat-runname-set!
runs:gendat-target-set!

megatest-fossil-hash
)

	
(import scheme
	chicken.base
	chicken.condition
	chicken.file
	chicken.time
	chicken.file.posix
	chicken.pathname
	chicken.port
	chicken.process
	chicken.process-context
	chicken.process-context.posix
	chicken.process.signal
	chicken.pretty-print
	chicken.random
	chicken.io
	chicken.string
	chicken.sort
	chicken.time.posix
	
	(prefix base64 base64:)
	(prefix sqlite3 sqlite3:)

	address-info
	directory-utils
	matchable
	md5
	message-digest
	regex
	regex-case
	sparse-vectors
	srfi-1
	srfi-4
	srfi-13
	srfi-18
	srfi-69
	system-information
	typed-records
	z3

	mtver
	debugprint
	stml2
	pkts
	processmod
	(prefix mtargs args:)
	configfmod
	keysmod
	;; itemsmod
	;; hostinfo
	)

;;======================================================================
;; CONTENTS
;;
;;  config file utils
;;  misc conversion, data manipulation functions
;;  testsuite and area utilites
;;
;;======================================================================

(include "megatest-fossil-hash.scm")

;;======================================================================
;; Make available the old db_records.scm stuff
;;======================================================================
;;

;; (include "db_records.scm")

;;======================================================================
;; dbstruct
;;======================================================================

;;
;; -path-|-megatest.db
;;       |-db-|-main.db
;;            |-monitor.db
;;            |-sdb.db
;;            |-fdb.db
;;            |-1.db
;;            |-<N>.db
;;
;;
;; Accessors for a dbstruct
;;

;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-main    vec)    (vector-ref  vec 0)) ;; ( db path )
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-strdb   vec)    (vector-ref  vec 1)) ;; ( db path )
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-path    vec)    (vector-ref  vec 2)) 
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-local   vec)    (vector-ref  vec 3))
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-rundb   vec)    (vector-ref  vec 4)) ;; ( db path )
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-inmem   vec)    (vector-ref  vec 5)) ;; ( db #f )
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-mtime   vec)    (vector-ref  vec 6))
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-rtime   vec)    (vector-ref  vec 7))
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-stime   vec)    (vector-ref  vec 8))
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-inuse   vec)    (vector-ref  vec 9))
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-refdb   vec)    (vector-ref  vec 10)) ;; ( db path )
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-locdbs  vec)    (vector-ref  vec 11))
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-olddb   vec)    (vector-ref  vec 12)) ;; ( db path )
;; ;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-main-path vec)  (vector-ref  vec 13))
;; ;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-rundb-path vec) (vector-ref  vec 14))
;; ;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-run-id  vec)    (vector-ref  vec 13))
;; 
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-main-set!   vec val)(vector-set! vec 0 val))
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-strdb-set!  vec val)(vector-set! vec 1 val))
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-path-set!   vec val)(vector-set! vec 2 val))
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-local-set!  vec val)(vector-set! vec 3 val))
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-rundb-set!  vec val)(vector-set! vec 4 val))
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-inmem-set!  vec val)(vector-set! vec 5 val))
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-mtime-set!  vec val)(vector-set! vec 6 val))
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-rtime-set!  vec val)(vector-set! vec 7 val))
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-stime-set!  vec val)(vector-set! vec 8 val))
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-inuse-set!  vec val)(vector-set! vec 9 val))
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-refdb-set!  vec val)(vector-set! vec 10 val))
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-locdbs-set! vec val)(vector-set! vec 11 val))
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-olddb-set!  vec val)(vector-set! vec 12 val))
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-main-path-set! vec val)(vector-set! vec 13 val))
;; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-rundb-path-set! vec val)(vector-set! vec 14 val))
;; 
; (define-inline (dbr:dbstruct-run-id-set! vec val)(vector-set! vec 13 val))

;; constructor for dbstruct
;;
;; (define (make-dbr:dbstruct #!key (path #f)(local #f))
;;   (let ((v (make-vector 15 #f)))
;;     (dbr:dbstruct-path-set! v path)
;;     (dbr:dbstruct-local-set! v local)
;;     (dbr:dbstruct-locdbs-set! v (make-hash-table))
;;     v))


(define (make-db:test)(make-vector 20))
(define (db:test-get-id           vec) (vector-ref vec 0))
(define (db:test-get-run_id       vec) (vector-ref vec 1))
(define (db:test-get-testname     vec) (vector-ref vec 2))
(define (db:test-get-state        vec) (vector-ref vec 3))
(define (db:test-get-status       vec) (vector-ref vec 4))
(define (db:test-get-event_time   vec) (vector-ref vec 5))
(define (db:test-get-host         vec) (vector-ref vec 6))
(define (db:test-get-cpuload      vec) (vector-ref vec 7))
(define (db:test-get-diskfree     vec) (vector-ref vec 8))
(define (db:test-get-uname        vec) (vector-ref vec 9))
;; (define (db:test-get-rundir       vec) (sdb:qry 'getstr (vector-ref vec 10)))
(define (db:test-get-rundir       vec) (vector-ref vec 10))
(define (db:test-get-item-path    vec) (vector-ref vec 11))
(define (db:test-get-run_duration vec) (vector-ref vec 12))
(define (db:test-get-final_logf   vec) (vector-ref vec 13))
(define (db:test-get-comment      vec) (vector-ref vec 14))
(define (db:test-get-process_id   vec) (vector-ref vec 16))
(define (db:test-get-archived     vec) (vector-ref vec 17))
(define (db:test-get-last_update  vec) (vector-ref vec 18))

;; (define (db:test-get-pass_count   vec) (vector-ref vec 15))
;; (define (db:test-get-fail_count   vec) (vector-ref vec 16))
(define (db:test-get-fullname     vec)
  (conc (db:test-get-testname vec) "/" (db:test-get-item-path vec)))

;; replace runs:make-full-test-name with this routine
(define (db:test-make-full-name testname itempath)
  (if (equal? itempath "") testname (conc testname "/" itempath)))

(define (db:test-get-first_err    vec) (conc #;printable (vector-ref vec 15)))
(define (db:test-get-first_warn   vec) (conc #;printable (vector-ref vec 16))) ;; RADT => reference 16 is repeated

(define (db:test-set-cpuload!  vec val)(vector-set! vec 7 val))
(define (db:test-set-diskfree! vec val)(vector-set! vec 8 val))
(define (db:test-set-testname! vec val)(vector-set! vec 2 val))
(define (db:test-set-state!    vec val)(vector-set! vec 3 val))
(define (db:test-set-status!   vec val)(vector-set! vec 4 val))
(define (db:test-set-run_duration! vec val)(vector-set! vec 12 val))
(define (db:test-set-final_logf! vec val)(vector-set! vec 13 val))

;; Test record utility functions

;; Is a test a toplevel?
;;
(define (db:test-get-is-toplevel vec)
  (and (equal? (db:test-get-item-path vec) "")      ;; test is not an item
       (equal? (db:test-get-uname vec)     "n/a"))) ;; test has never been run

;; make-vector-record "" db mintest id run_id testname state status event_time item_path
;; RADT => purpose of mintest??
;;
(define (make-db:mintest)(make-vector 7))
(define (db:mintest-get-id           vec)    (vector-ref  vec 0))
(define (db:mintest-get-run_id       vec)    (vector-ref  vec 1))
(define (db:mintest-get-testname     vec)    (vector-ref  vec 2))
(define (db:mintest-get-state        vec)    (vector-ref  vec 3))
(define (db:mintest-get-status       vec)    (vector-ref  vec 4))
(define (db:mintest-get-event_time   vec)    (vector-ref  vec 5))
(define (db:mintest-get-item_path    vec)    (vector-ref  vec 6))

;; make-vector-record db testmeta id testname author owner description reviewed iterated avg_runtime avg_disk
(define (make-db:testmeta)(make-vector 10 ""))
(define (db:testmeta-get-id            vec)    (vector-ref  vec 0))
(define (db:testmeta-get-testname      vec)    (vector-ref  vec 1))
(define (db:testmeta-get-author        vec)    (vector-ref  vec 2))
(define (db:testmeta-get-owner         vec)    (vector-ref  vec 3))
(define (db:testmeta-get-description   vec)    (vector-ref  vec 4))
(define (db:testmeta-get-reviewed      vec)    (vector-ref  vec 5))
(define (db:testmeta-get-iterated      vec)    (vector-ref  vec 6))
(define (db:testmeta-get-avg_runtime   vec)    (vector-ref  vec 7))
(define (db:testmeta-get-avg_disk      vec)    (vector-ref  vec 8))
(define (db:testmeta-get-tags          vec)    (vector-ref  vec 9))
(define (db:testmeta-set-id!           vec val)(vector-set! vec 0 val))
(define (db:testmeta-set-testname!     vec val)(vector-set! vec 1 val))
(define (db:testmeta-set-author!       vec val)(vector-set! vec 2 val))
(define (db:testmeta-set-owner!        vec val)(vector-set! vec 3 val))
(define (db:testmeta-set-description!  vec val)(vector-set! vec 4 val))
(define (db:testmeta-set-reviewed!     vec val)(vector-set! vec 5 val))
(define (db:testmeta-set-iterated!     vec val)(vector-set! vec 6 val))
(define (db:testmeta-set-avg_runtime!  vec val)(vector-set! vec 7 val))
(define (db:testmeta-set-avg_disk!     vec val)(vector-set! vec 8 val))

;;======================================================================
;; S I M P L E   R U N
;;======================================================================

;; (defstruct id  "runname" "state" "status" "owner" "event_time"

;;======================================================================
;; T E S T   D A T A 
;;======================================================================
(define (make-db:test-data)(make-vector 10))
(define (db:test-data-get-id               vec)    (vector-ref  vec 0))
(define (db:test-data-get-test_id          vec)    (vector-ref  vec 1))
(define (db:test-data-get-category         vec)    (vector-ref  vec 2))
(define (db:test-data-get-variable         vec)    (vector-ref  vec 3))
(define (db:test-data-get-value            vec)    (vector-ref  vec 4))
(define (db:test-data-get-expected         vec)    (vector-ref  vec 5))
(define (db:test-data-get-tol              vec)    (vector-ref  vec 6))
(define (db:test-data-get-units            vec)    (vector-ref  vec 7))
(define (db:test-data-get-comment          vec)    (vector-ref  vec 8))
(define (db:test-data-get-status           vec)    (vector-ref  vec 9))
(define (db:test-data-get-type             vec)    (vector-ref  vec 10))
(define (db:test-data-get-last_update      vec)    (vector-ref  vec 11))

(define (db:test-data-set-id!              vec val)(vector-set!  vec 0  val))
(define (db:test-data-set-test_id!         vec val)(vector-set!  vec 1  val))
(define (db:test-data-set-category!        vec val)(vector-set!  vec 2  val))
(define (db:test-data-set-variable!        vec val)(vector-set!  vec 3  val))
(define (db:test-data-set-value!           vec val)(vector-set!  vec 4  val))
(define (db:test-data-set-expected!        vec val)(vector-set!  vec 5  val))
(define (db:test-data-set-tol!             vec val)(vector-set!  vec 6  val))
(define (db:test-data-set-units!           vec val)(vector-set!  vec 7  val))
(define (db:test-data-set-comment!         vec val)(vector-set!  vec 8  val))
(define (db:test-data-set-status!          vec val)(vector-set!  vec 9  val))
(define (db:test-data-set-type!            vec val)(vector-set!  vec 10 val))

;;======================================================================
;; S T E P S 
;;======================================================================
;; Run steps
;; make-vector-record "Run steps" db step id test_id stepname step_complete step_pass event_time    
(define (make-db:step)(make-vector 9))
(define (tdb:step-get-id              vec)    (vector-ref  vec 0))
(define (tdb:step-get-test_id         vec)    (vector-ref  vec 1))
(define (tdb:step-get-stepname        vec)    (vector-ref  vec 2))
(define (tdb:step-get-state           vec)    (vector-ref  vec 3))
(define (tdb:step-get-status          vec)    (vector-ref  vec 4))
(define (tdb:step-get-event_time      vec)    (vector-ref  vec 5))
(define (tdb:step-get-logfile         vec)    (vector-ref  vec 6))
(define (tdb:step-get-comment         vec)    (vector-ref  vec 7))
(define (tdb:step-get-last_update     vec)    (vector-ref  vec 8))
(define (tdb:step-set-id!             vec val)(vector-set! vec 0 val))
(define (tdb:step-set-test_id!        vec val)(vector-set! vec 1 val))
(define (tdb:step-set-stepname!       vec val)(vector-set! vec 2 val))
(define (tdb:step-set-state!          vec val)(vector-set! vec 3 val))
(define (tdb:step-set-status!         vec val)(vector-set! vec 4 val))
(define (tdb:step-set-event_time!     vec val)(vector-set! vec 5 val))
(define (tdb:step-set-logfile!        vec val)(vector-set! vec 6 val))
(define (tdb:step-set-comment!        vec val)(vector-set! vec 7 val))


;; The steps table
(define (make-db:steps-table)(make-vector 5))
(define (tdb:steps-table-get-stepname   vec)    (vector-ref  vec 0))
(define (tdb:steps-table-get-start      vec)    (vector-ref  vec 1))
(define (tdb:steps-table-get-end        vec)    (vector-ref  vec 2))
(define (tdb:steps-table-get-status     vec)    (vector-ref  vec 3))
(define (tdb:steps-table-get-runtime    vec)    (vector-ref  vec 4))
(define (tdb:steps-table-get-log-file   vec)    (vector-ref  vec 5))

(define (tdb:step-stable-set-stepname!  vec val)(vector-set! vec 0 val))
(define (tdb:step-stable-set-start!     vec val)(vector-set! vec 1 val))
(define (tdb:step-stable-set-end!       vec val)(vector-set! vec 2 val))
(define (tdb:step-stable-set-status!    vec val)(vector-set! vec 3 val))
(define (tdb:step-stable-set-runtime!   vec val)(vector-set! vec 4 val))

;; The data structure for handing off requests via wire
(define (make-cdb:packet)(make-vector 6))
(define (cdb:packet-get-client-sig   vec)    (vector-ref  vec 0))
(define (cdb:packet-get-qtype        vec)    (vector-ref  vec 1))
(define (cdb:packet-get-immediate    vec)    (vector-ref  vec 2))
(define (cdb:packet-get-query-sig    vec)    (vector-ref  vec 3))
(define (cdb:packet-get-params       vec)    (vector-ref  vec 4))
(define (cdb:packet-get-qtime        vec)    (vector-ref  vec 5))
(define (cdb:packet-set-client-sig!  vec val)(vector-set! vec 0 val))
(define (cdb:packet-set-qtype!       vec val)(vector-set! vec 1 val))
(define (cdb:packet-set-immediate!   vec val)(vector-set! vec 2 val))
(define (cdb:packet-set-query-sig!   vec val)(vector-set! vec 3 val))
(define (cdb:packet-set-params!      vec val)(vector-set! vec 4 val))
(define (cdb:packet-set-qtime!       vec val)(vector-set! vec 5 val))

;;======================================================================
;; end of old db_records.scm
;;

;;======================================================================
;; old run_records stuff
;;

(define (runs:runrec-make-record) (make-vector 13))
(define (runs:runrec-get-target  vec)(vector-ref vec 0))  ;; a/b/c
(define (runs:runrec-get-runname vec)(vector-ref vec 1))  ;; string
(define (runs:runrec-testpatt    vec)(vector-ref vec 2))  ;; a,b/c,d%
(define (runs:runrec-keys        vec)(vector-ref vec 3))  ;; (key1 key2 ...)
(define (runs:runrec-keyvals     vec)(vector-ref vec 4))  ;; ((key1 val1)(key2 val2) ...)
(define (runs:runrec-environment vec)(vector-ref vec 5))  ;; environment, alist key val
(define (runs:runrec-mconfig     vec)(vector-ref vec 6))  ;; megatest.config
(define (runs:runrec-runconfig   vec)(vector-ref vec 7))  ;; runconfigs.config
(define (runs:runrec-serverdat   vec)(vector-ref vec 8))  ;; (host port)
(define (runs:runrec-transport   vec)(vector-ref vec 9))  ;; 'http
(define (runs:runrec-db          vec)(vector-ref vec 10)) ;; <sqlite3db> (if 'fs)
(define (runs:runrec-top-path    vec)(vector-ref vec 11)) ;; *toppath*
(define (runs:runrec-run_id      vec)(vector-ref vec 12)) ;; run-id

(define (test:get-id vec)       (vector-ref vec 0))
(define (test:get-run_id vec)   (vector-ref vec 1))
(define (test:get-test-name vec)(vector-ref vec 2))
(define (test:get-state vec)    (vector-ref vec 3))
(define (test:get-status vec)   (vector-ref vec 4))
(define (test:get-item-path vec)(vector-ref vec 5))

(define (test:test-get-fullname test)
   (conc (db:test-get-testname test)
	 (if (equal? (db:test-get-item-path test) "")
	     ""
	     (conc "(" (db:test-get-item-path test) ")"))))

;;======================================================================
;; end of run_records
;;

;; these come from processmod
;;
;; (define setenv set-environment-variable!)
;; (define unsetenv unset-environment-variable!)
;; (define getenv get-environment-variable)

;; move all the miscellanea into this struct
;;
(defstruct runs:gendat inc-results inc-results-last-update inc-results-fmt run-info runname target)


(define *bdat* #f) ;; the one and only (someday) global?

(defstruct bdat
  (home                   (get-environment-variable "HOME"))
  (user                   (get-environment-variable "USER"))
  (watchdog               #f)
  (time-to-exit           #f)
  (task-db                #f)
  (target                 #f)
  (this-exe-fullpath      #f)
  (this-exe-dir           #f)
  (this-exe-name          #f)
  (orig-env               #f)

  ;; runs stuff
  (runs-data              #f) ;; was runs:general-data
  ;; (server-loop-heart-beat (current-seconds))
  )

;; move all needed initialization into here
;; break it into pieces if need be later
;;
(define (make-and-init-bigdata)
  (let* ((bdat 	(make-bdat))
	 (fullp (common:get-this-exe-fullpath)))
    ;; bdat stuff
    (bdat-this-exe-fullpath-set! bdat fullp)
    (bdat-this-exe-dir-set! bdat (pathname-directory fullp))
    (bdat-this-exe-name-set! bdat (pathname-strip-directory fullp))
    (bdat-orig-env-set! bdat (get-the-original-environment))
    ;; setup runs-data
    (bdat-runs-data-set! bdat  (make-runs:gendat
				inc-results: (make-hash-table)
				inc-results-last-update: 0
				;;               state status time duration test-name item-path
				inc-results-fmt: "~12a~12a~20a~12a~40a\n"
				run-info: #f
				runname: #f
				target: #f))
    
    (set! *bdat* bdat)
    ;; set up signal handlers
    (set-signal-handler! signal/int  std-signal-handler)  ;; ^C
    (set-signal-handler! signal/term std-signal-handler)
    ;; (set-signal-handler! signal/stop std-signal-handler)  ;; ^Z NO, do NOT handle ^Z!
    bdat))

  
;; (define home (get-environment-variable "HOME"))
;; (define user (get-environment-variable "USER"))
(define keys:config-get-fields common:get-fields)

;; Globals
;;
;;(define  *server-loop-heart-beat* (current-seconds))
;; (define *watchdog* #f)
;; A hash table that can be accessed by #{scheme ...} calls in
;; config files. Allows communicating between confgs
;;
(define *user-hash-data* (make-hash-table))

(define *db-keys* #f)
(define *didsomething* #f)

(define *pkts-info*    (make-hash-table)) ;; store stuff like the last parent here
(define *configinfo*   #f)   ;; raw results from setup, includes toppath and table from megatest.config
(define *runconfigdat* #f)   ;; run configs data
(define *configdat*    #f)   ;; megatest.config data ==> moved to configfmod
(define *configstatus* #f)   ;; status of data; 'fulldata : all processing done, #f : no data yet, 'partialdata : partial read done
(define *toppath*      #f)
(define *already-seen-runconfig-info* #f)

(define *test-meta-updated* (make-hash-table))
(define *globalexitstatus*  0) ;; attempt to work around possible thread issues
(define *passnum*           0) ;; when running track calls to run-tests or similar
;; (define *alt-log-file* #f)  ;; used by -log
(define *common:denoise*    (make-hash-table)) ;; for low noise printing
;; (define *default-log-port*  (current-error-port)) ;; comes from debugprint
(define *time-zero* (current-seconds)) ;; for the watchdog
(define *default-area-tag* "local")

;; DATABASE
(define *dbstruct-db*         #f) ;; used to cache the dbstruct in db:setup. Goal is to remove this.
;; db stats
(define *db-stats*            (make-hash-table)) ;; hash of vectors < count duration-total >
(define *db-stats-mutex*      (make-mutex))
;; db access
(define *db-last-access*      (current-seconds)) ;; last db access, used in server
(define *db-write-access*     #t)
;; db sync
(define *db-last-sync*        0)                 ;; last time the sync to megatest.db happened
(define *db-sync-in-progress* #f)                ;; if there is a sync in progress do not try to start another
(define *db-multi-sync-mutex* (make-mutex))      ;; protect access to *db-sync-in-progress*, *db-last-sync*
;; task db
(define *task-db*             #f) ;; (vector db path-to-db)
(define *db-access-allowed*   #t) ;; flag to allow access
(define *db-access-mutex*     (make-mutex))
(define *db-transaction-mutex* (make-mutex))
(define *db-cache-path*       #f)
(define *db-with-db-mutex*    (make-mutex))
(define *db-api-call-time*    (make-hash-table)) ;; hash of command => (list of times)
;; no sync db
(define *no-sync-db*          #f)

;; SERVER
(define *my-signature* #f)
(define *transport-type*    'http)             ;; override with [server] transport http|rpc|nmsg
;; replaced by *rmt:remote*
;; (define *runremote*         #f)                ;; if set up for server communication this will hold <host port>
;; (define *max-cache-size*    0)
(define *logged-in-clients* (make-hash-table))
;; (define *server-id*         #f)
(define *server-run*        #t)
(define *run-id*            #f)
(define *server-kind-run*   (make-hash-table))
(define *home-host*         #f)
;; (define *total-non-write-delay* 0)
(define *heartbeat-mutex*   (make-mutex))
(define *api-process-request-count* 0)
(define *max-api-process-requests* 0)
(define *server-overloaded*  #f)
(define *writes-total-delay*  0)
(define *unclean-shutdown*  #t) ;; flag to clear on clean shutdown

;; client
(define *rmt-mutex*         (make-mutex))     ;; remote access calls mutex 

;; KEY info
;; (define *target*            (make-hash-table)) ;; cache the target here; target is keyval1/keyval2/.../keyvalN
(define *keys*              (make-hash-table)) ;; cache the keys here
(define *keyvals*           (make-hash-table))
(define *toptest-paths*     (make-hash-table)) ;; cache toptest path settings here
(define *test-paths*        (make-hash-table)) ;; cache test-id to test run paths here
(define *test-ids*          (make-hash-table)) ;; cache run-id, testname, and item-path => test-id
(define *test-info*         (make-hash-table)) ;; cache the test info records, update the state, status, run_duration etc. from testdat.db

(define *run-info-cache*     (make-hash-table)) ;; run info is stable, no need to reget
(define *launch-setup-mutex* (make-mutex))     ;; need to be able to call launch:setup often so mutex it and re-call the real deal only if *toppath* not set
(define *homehost-mutex*     (make-mutex))

;; Miscellaneous
(define *triggers-mutex*     (make-mutex))     ;; block overlapping processing of triggers
(define *numcpus-cache* (make-hash-table))
(define *host-loads*         (make-hash-table))

;; cache environment vars for each run here
(define *env-vars-by-run-id* (make-hash-table))

;; Testconfig and runconfig caches. 
(define *testconfigs*        (make-hash-table)) ;; test-name => testconfig
(define *runconfigs*         (make-hash-table)) ;; target    => runconfig

;; This is a cache of pre-reqs met, don't re-calc in cases where called with same params less than
;; five seconds ago
(define *pre-reqs-met-cache* (make-hash-table))

;; cache of verbosity given string
;;
(define *verbosity-cache*    (make-hash-table))

;; Generic string database
(define sdb:qry #f) ;; (make-sdb:qry)) ;;  'init #f)
;; Generic path database
(define *fdb* #f)

(define *last-launch* (current-seconds)) ;; use for throttling the launch rate. Would be better to use the db and last time of a test in LAUNCHED state.

;;======================================================================
;; S T A T E S   A N D   S T A T U S E S
;;======================================================================

;; BBnote: *common:std-states* - dashboard filter control and test control state buttons defined here; used in set-fields-panel and dboard:make-controls
(define *common:std-states*   ;; for toggle buttons in dashboard
  '(
    (0 "ARCHIVED")
    (1 "STUCK")
    (2 "KILLREQ")
    (3 "KILLED")
    (4 "NOT_STARTED")
    (5 "COMPLETED")
    (6 "LAUNCHED")
    (7 "REMOTEHOSTSTART")
    (8 "RUNNING")
    ))

(define *common:dont-roll-up-states*
  '("DELETED"
    "REMOVING"
    "CLEANING"
    "ARCHIVE_REMOVING"
    ))

;;======================================================================
;; BBnote: *common:std-statuses* dashboard filter control and test control status buttons defined here; used in set-fields-panel and dboard:make-controls
;; note these statuses are sorted from better to worse.
;; This sort order is important to dcommon:status-compare3 and db:set-state-status-and-roll-up-items
(define *common:std-statuses*
  '(;; (0 "DELETED")  
    (1 "n/a")
    (2 "PASS")
    (3 "SKIP")
    (4 "WARN")
    (5 "WAIVED")
    (6 "CHECK")
    (7 "STUCK/DEAD")
    (8 "DEAD")
    (9 "FAIL")
    (10 "PREQ_FAIL")
    (11 "PREQ_DISCARDED")
    (12 "ABORT")))

(define *common:ended-states*       ;; states which indicate the test is stopped and will not proceed
  '("COMPLETED" "ARCHIVED" "KILLED" "KILLREQ" "STUCK" "INCOMPLETE" ))

(define *common:badly-ended-states* ;; these roll up as CHECK, i.e. results need to be checked
  '("KILLED" "KILLREQ" "STUCK" "INCOMPLETE" "DEAD"))

(define *common:well-ended-states* ;; an item's prereq in this state allows item to proceed
  '("PASS" "WARN" "CHECK" "WAIVED" "SKIP"))

;; BBnote: *common:running-states* used from db:set-state-status-and-roll-up-items
(define *common:running-states*     ;; test is either running or can be run
  '("RUNNING" "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "LAUNCHED" "STARTED"))

(define *common:cant-run-states*    ;; These are stopping conditions that prevent a test from being run
  '("COMPLETED" "KILLED" "UNKNOWN" "INCOMPLETE" "ARCHIVED"))

(define *common:not-started-ok-statuses* ;; if not one of these statuses when in not_started state treat as dead
  '("n/a" "na" "PASS" "FAIL" "WARN" "CHECK" "WAIVED" "DEAD" "SKIP"))

;;======================================================================
;; group tests into buckets corresponding to rollup
;;; Running, completed-pass,  completed-non-pass + worst status, not started.
;; filter out 

;;======================================================================
;; D E B U G G I N G   S T U F F 
;;======================================================================

(define *verbosity*         1)
(define *logging*           #f)

(define *common:thread-punchlist* (make-hash-table))

(define *last-num-running-tests* 0)
(define *seen-cant-run-tests* (make-hash-table)) ;; use to track tests that we suspect cannot be run
(define *runs:denoise* (make-hash-table)) ;; key => last-time-ran

(define runs:nothing-left-in-queue-count 0)

(define *max-tries-hash* (make-hash-table))

(define *send-receive-mutex* (make-mutex)) ;; should have separate mutex per run-id

(define *db:process-queue-mutex* (make-mutex))
(define *http-functions* (make-hash-table))
(define *http-mutex* (make-mutex))

;; NOTE: Large block of code from 32436b426188080f72fceb6894af541fbad9921e removed here
;;       I'm pretty sure it is defunct.

;; This next block all imported en-mass from the api branch
(define *http-requests-in-progress* 0)
(define *http-connections-next-cleanup* (current-seconds))

(define *number-of-writes* 0)
(define *number-non-write-queries* 0)

;; NB// #f => return dbdir only
;;      (was planned to be;  zeroth db with name=main.db)
;; 
;; If run-id is #f return to create and retrieve the path where the db will live.
;;
;; (define db:dbfile-path common:get-db-tmp-area)
(define *global-db-store* (make-hash-table))


;;======================================================================
;; end globals
;;======================================================================

;;                       0           1              2              3
(defstruct launch:einf (pid #t)(exit-status #t)(exit-code #t)(rollup-status 0))

;; copied from egg call-with-environment-variables
;;
(define (call-with-environment-variables variables thunk)
  ;; @("Sets up environment variable via dynamic-wind which are taken down after thunk."
  ;;   (variables "An alist of the form {{'((\"var\" . \"value\") ...)}}")
  ;;   (thunk "The thunk to execute with a modified environment"))
  (let ((pre-existing-variables
         (map (lambda (var-value)
                (let ((var (car var-value)))
                  (cons var (get-environment-variable var))))
              variables)))
    (dynamic-wind
        (lambda () (void))
        (lambda ()
;;           (use posix)
          (for-each (lambda (var-value)
                      (set-environment-variable! (car var-value) (cdr var-value)))
            variables)
          (thunk))
        (lambda ()
          (for-each (lambda (var-value)
                      (let ((var (car var-value))
                            (value (cdr var-value)))
                        (if value
                            (set-environment-variable! var value)
                            (unset-environment-variable! var))))
            pre-existing-variables)))))
     
;; dot-locking egg seems not to work, using this for now
;; if lock is older than expire-time then remove it and try again
;; to get the lock
;;
(define (common:simple-file-lock fname #!key (expire-time 300))
  (let ((fmod-time (handle-exceptions
		       ext
		     (current-seconds)
		     (file-modification-time fname))))
    (if (file-exists? fname)
	(if (> (- (current-seconds) fmod-time) expire-time)
	    (begin
	      (handle-exceptions exn #f (delete-file* fname))	
	      (common:simple-file-lock fname expire-time: expire-time))
	    #f)
	(let ((key-string (conc (get-host-name) "-" (current-process-id))))
	  (with-output-to-file fname
	    (lambda ()
	      (print key-string)))
	  (thread-sleep! 0.251)
	  (if (file-exists? fname)
	      (handle-exceptions exn
                #f 
                (with-input-from-file fname
	  	  (lambda ()
		    (equal? key-string (read-line)))))
	      #f)))))

(define (common:simple-file-lock-and-wait fname #!key (expire-time 300))
  (let ((end-time (+ expire-time (current-seconds))))
    (let loop ((got-lock (common:simple-file-lock fname expire-time: expire-time)))
      (if got-lock
	  #t
	  (if (> end-time (current-seconds))
	      (begin
		(thread-sleep! 3)
		(loop (common:simple-file-lock fname expire-time: expire-time)))
	      #f)))))

(define (common:simple-file-release-lock fname)
  (handle-exceptions
      exn
      #f ;; I don't really care why this failed (at least for now)
    (delete-file* fname)))

;;======================================================================
;; PUlled below from common.scm
;;======================================================================

;; execute thunk, return value.  If exception thrown, trap exception, return #f, and emit nonfatal condition note to *default-log-port* .
;; arguments - thunk, message
(define (common:fail-safe thunk warning-message-on-exception)
  (handle-exceptions
   exn
   (begin
     (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "notable but nonfatal condition - "warning-message-on-exception", exn=" exn)
     (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port*
                       (string-substitute "\n?Error:" "nonfatal condition:"
                                          (with-output-to-string
                                            (lambda ()
                                              (print-error-message exn) ))))
     (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "    -- continuing after nonfatal condition...")
     #f)
   (thunk)))

;; defined in configfmod
;;
#;(define (safe-setenv key val)
  (if (or (substring-index "!" key)
	  (substring-index ":" key)  ;; variables containing : are for internal use and cannot be environment variables.
	  (substring-index "." key)) ;; periods are not allowed in 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 ", exn=" exn)
	    (setenv key val))
	  (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "bad value for setenv, key=" key ", value=" val))))


;; returns list of fd count, socket count
(define (get-file-descriptor-count #!key  (pid (current-process-id )))
  (list
    (length (glob (conc "/proc/" pid "/fd/*")))
    (length  (filter identity (map socket? (glob (conc "/proc/" pid "/fd/*")))))
  )
)

;; CONTEXTS
(defstruct cxt
  (taskdb #f)
  (cmutex (make-mutex)))

;; ;; safe method for accessing a context given a toppath
;; ;;
;; (define (common:with-cxt toppath proc)
;;   (mutex-lock! *context-mutex*)
;;   (let ((cxt (hash-table-ref/default *contexts* toppath #f)))
;;     (if (not cxt)
;;         (set! cxt (let ((x (make-cxt)))(hash-table-set! *contexts* toppath x) x)))
;;     (let ((cxt-mutex (cxt-mutex cxt)))
;;       (mutex-unlock! *context-mutex*)
;;       (mutex-lock! cxt-mutex)
;;       (let ((res (proc cxt)))
;;         (mutex-unlock! cxt-mutex)
;;         res))))
        
(define (common:get-this-exe-fullpath #!key (argv (argv)))
  (let* ((this-script
          (cond
           ((and (> (length argv) 2)
                 (string-match "^(.*/csi|csi)$" (car argv))
                 (string-match "^-(s|ss|sx|script)$" (cadr argv)))
            (caddr argv))
           (else (car argv))))
         (fullpath (realpath this-script)))
    fullpath))

;;======================================================================

(define (common:get-sync-lock-filepath)
  (let* ((tmp-area     (common:get-db-tmp-area))
         (lockfile     (conc tmp-area "/megatest.db.sync-lock")))
    lockfile))

;;======================================================================
;; when called from a wrapper I need sometimes to find the calling
;; wrapper, this is for dashboard to find the correct megatest.
;;
(define (common:find-local-megatest #!optional (progname "megatest"))
  (let ((res (filter file-exists?
		     (map (lambda (updir)
			    (let* ((lm  (car (argv)))
				   (dir (pathname-directory lm))
				   (exe (pathname-strip-directory lm)))
			      (conc (if dir (conc dir "/") "")
				    (case (string->symbol exe)
				      ((dboard)    (conc updir progname))
				      ((mtest)     (conc updir progname))
				      ((dashboard) progname)
				      (else exe)))))
			  '("../../" "../")))))
    (if (null? res)
	(begin
	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Failed to find this executable! Using what can be found on the path")
	  progname)
	(car res))))

(define *common:logpro-exit-code->status-sym-alist*
  '( ( 0 . pass )
     ( 1 . fail )
     ( 2 . warn )
     ( 3 . check )
     ( 4 . waived )
     ( 5 . abort )
     ( 6 . skip )))

(define (common:logpro-exit-code->status-sym exit-code)
  (or (alist-ref exit-code *common:logpro-exit-code->status-sym-alist*) 'fail))

(define (common:worse-status-sym ss1 ss2)
  (let loop ((status-syms-remaining '(abort fail check skip warn waived pass)))
    (cond
     ((null? status-syms-remaining)
      'fail)
     ((eq? (car status-syms-remaining) ss1)
      ss1)
     ((eq? (car status-syms-remaining) ss2)
      ss2)
     (else
      (loop (cdr status-syms-remaining))))))

(define (common:steps-can-proceed-given-status-sym status-sym)
  (if (member status-sym '(warn waived pass))
      #t
      #f))

(define (status-sym->string status-sym)
  (case status-sym
      ((pass) "PASS")
    ((fail) "FAIL")
    ((warn) "WARN")
    ((check) "CHECK")
    ((waived) "WAIVED")
    ((abort) "ABORT")
    ((skip) "SKIP")
    (else "FAIL")))

(define (common:logpro-exit-code->test-status exit-code)
  (status-sym->string (common:logpro-exit-code->status-sym exit-code)))

;; REPLACED BY rmt:remote in rmtmod.scm
;;
;; (defstruct remote
;;   (hh-dat            #f) ;; (common:get-homehost)) ;; homehost record ( addr . hhflag )
;;   (server-url        #f) ;; (server:check-if-running *toppath*) #f))
;;   (server-id         #f)
;;   (server-info       #f) ;; (if *toppath* (server:check-if-running *toppath*) #f))
;;   (last-server-check 0)  ;; last time we checked to see if the server was alive
;;   (conndat           #f)
;;   ;; (transport         *transport-type*)
;;   (server-timeout    #f) ;; (server:expiration-timeout))
;;   (force-server      #f)
;;   (ro-mode           #f)  
;;   (ro-mode-checked   #f)) ;; flag that indicates we have checked for ro-mode

;; launching and hosts
(defstruct host
  (reachable    #f)
  (last-update  0)
  (last-used    0)
  (last-cpuload 1))

(define (common:clear-caches)
  (bdat-target-set! *bdat*   (make-hash-table))
  (set! *keys*               (make-hash-table))
  (set! *keyvals*            (make-hash-table))
  (set! *toptest-paths*      (make-hash-table))
  (set! *test-paths*         (make-hash-table))
  (set! *test-ids*           (make-hash-table))
  (set! *test-info*          (make-hash-table))
  (set! *run-info-cache*     (make-hash-table))
  (set! *env-vars-by-run-id* (make-hash-table))
  (set! *test-id-cache*      (make-hash-table)))

;;======================================================================
;; V E R S I O N
;;======================================================================

(define (common:get-full-version)
  (conc megatest-version "-" megatest-fossil-hash))

(define (common:version-signature)
  (conc megatest-version "-" (substring megatest-fossil-hash 0 4)))

(define (common:snapshot-file filepath #!key (subdir  ".") )
  (if (file-exists? filepath)
      (let* ((age-sec  (lambda (file)
                         (if (file-exists? file)
                             (- (current-seconds) (file-modification-time file))
                             1000000000))) ;; return really old value if file doesn't exist.  we want to clobber it if old or not exist.
             (ok-flag  #t)
             (age-mins (lambda (file) (/ (age-sec   file) 60)))
             (age-hrs  (lambda (file) (/ (age-mins file) 60)))
             (age-days (lambda (file) (/ (age-hrs   file) 24)))
             (age-wks  (lambda (file) (/ (age-days  file) 7)))
             (docmd    (lambda (cmd)
                         (cond
                          (ok-flag
                           (let ((res (system cmd)))
                             (cond
                              ((eq? 0 res)
                               #t)
                              (else
                               (set! ok-flag #f)
                               (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: ["(common:human-time)"] Command failed with exit code "
                                            (if (< res 0)
                                                res
                                                (/ res 8)) " ["cmd"]" )
                               #f))))
                          (else
                           (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: ["(common:human-time)"] Not runnining command due to prior error. ["cmd"]")
                           #f))))
             (copy     (lambda (src dest) (docmd (conc "/bin/cp '"src"' '"dest"'"))))
             (copy+zip (lambda (src dest) (docmd (conc "gzip -c - < '"src"' > '"dest"'"))))
             (fullpath (realpath filepath))
             (basedir  (pathname-directory fullpath))
             (basefile (pathname-strip-directory fullpath))
             ;;(prevfile (conc filepath ".prev.gz"))
             (minsfile (conc basedir "/" subdir "/" basefile ".mins.gz"))
             (hrsfile  (conc basedir "/" subdir "/" basefile ".hrs.gz"))
             (daysfile (conc basedir "/" subdir "/" basefile ".days.gz"))
             (wksfile  (conc basedir "/" subdir "/" basefile ".weeks.gz")))

        ;; create subdir it not exists
        (if (not (directory-exists? (conc basedir "/" subdir)))
            (docmd (conc "/bin/mkdir -p '"(conc basedir "/" subdir)"'")))
        
        ;; copy&zip <file> to <file>.mins if not exists
        (if (not (file-exists? minsfile))
            (copy+zip filepath minsfile))
        ;; copy <file>.mins to <file>.hrs if not exists
        (if (not (file-exists? hrsfile))
            (copy minsfile hrsfile))
        ;; copy <file>.hrs to <file>.days if not exists
        (if (not (file-exists? daysfile))
            (copy hrsfile daysfile))
        ;; copy <file>.days to <file>.weeks if not exists
        (if (not (file-exists? wksfile))
            (copy daysfile wksfile))


        ;; if age(<file>.mins.gz) >= 1h:
        ;;     copy <file>.mins.gz <file>.hrs.gz
        ;;     copy <prev file> <file>.mins.gz
        (when (>= (age-mins minsfile) 1)
          (copy minsfile hrsfile)
          (copy+zip filepath  minsfile))
        
        ;; if age(<file>.hrs.gz) >= 1d:
        ;;     copy <file>.hrs.gz <file>.days.gz
        ;;     copy <file>.mins.gz <file>.hrs.gz
        (when (>= (age-days hrsfile) 1)
          (copy hrsfile daysfile)
          (copy minsfile hrsfile))
        
        ;; if age(<file>.days.gz) >= 1w:
        ;;     copy <file>.days.gz <file>.weeks.gz
        ;;     copy <file>.hrs.gz <file>.days.gz
        (when (>= (age-wks daysfile) 1)
          (copy daysfile wksfile)
          (copy hrsfile daysfile))
        #t)
      #f))

;;======================================================================
;; Rotate logs, logic: 
;;                 if > 500k and older than 1 week:
;;                     remove previous compressed log and compress this log
;; WARNING: This proc operates assuming that it is in the directory above the
;;          logs directory you wish to log-rotate.
;;
(define (common:rotate-logs)
  (let* ((all-files (make-hash-table))
	 (stats     (make-hash-table))
	 (inc-stat  (lambda (key)
		      (hash-table-set! stats key (+ (hash-table-ref/default stats key 0) 1))))
	(max-allowed (string->number (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "max-logfiles") "300")))) ;; name -> age
    (if (not (directory-exists? "logs"))(create-directory "logs"))
    (directory-fold 
     (lambda (file rem)
       (handle-exceptions
	exn
	(begin
	  (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "unable to rotate log " file ", probably handled by another process, this is safe to ignore. exn=" exn)
	  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
	  ;; (print-call-chain (current-error-port)) ;; 
	  )
	(let* ((fullname  (conc "logs/" file))
	       (mod-time  (file-modification-time fullname))
	       (file-age  (- (current-seconds) mod-time))
	       (file-old  (> file-age (* 48 60 60)))
	       (file-big  (> (file-size fullname) 200000)))
	  (hash-table-set! all-files file mod-time)
	  (if (or (and (string-match "^.*.log" file)
		       file-old
		       file-big)
		  (and (string-match "^server-.*.log" file)
		       file-old))
	      (let ((gzfile (conc fullname ".gz")))
		(if (common:file-exists? gzfile)
		    (begin
		      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "removing " gzfile)
		      (delete-file* gzfile)
		      (hash-table-delete!  all-files gzfile) ;; needed?
		      ))
		(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "compressing " file)
		(system (conc "gzip " fullname))
		(inc-stat "gzipped")
		(hash-table-set! all-files (conc file ".gz") file-age)  ;; add the .gz file and remove the base file
		(hash-table-delete! all-files file)
		)
	      (if (and (> file-age (* (string->number (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "log-expire-days") "30")) 24 3600))
		       (file-exists? fullname)) ;; just in case it was gzipped - will get it next time
		  (handle-exceptions
		   exn
		   #f
		   (if (directory? fullname)
		       (begin
			 (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* fullname " in logs directory is a directory! Cannot rotate it, it is best to not put subdirectories in the logs dir.")
			 (inc-stat "directories"))
		       (begin
			 (delete-file* fullname)
			 (inc-stat "deleted")))
		   (hash-table-delete! all-files file)))))))
     '()
     "logs")
    (for-each
     (lambda (category)
       (let ((quant (hash-table-ref/default stats category 0)))
	 (if (> quant 0)
	     (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* category " log files: " quant))))
     `("deleted" "gzipped" "directories"))
    (let ((num-logs (hash-table-size all-files)))
      (if (> num-logs max-allowed) ;; because NFS => don't let number of logs exceed 300
	  (let ((files (take (sort (hash-table-keys all-files)
				   (lambda (a b)
				     (< (hash-table-ref all-files a)(hash-table-ref all-files b))))
			     (- num-logs max-allowed))))
	    (for-each
	     (lambda (file)
	       (let* ((fullname (conc "logs/" file)))
		 (if (directory? fullname)
		     (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* fullname " in logs directory is a directory! Cannot rotate it, it is best to not put subdirectories in the logs dir.")
		     (handle-exceptions
		      exn
		      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "failed to remove " fullname ", exn=" exn)
		      (delete-file* fullname)))))
	     files)
	    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Deleted " (length files) " files from logs, keeping " max-allowed " files."))))))


;;======================================================================
;; S P A R S E   A R R A Y S
;;======================================================================

(define (make-sparse-array)
  (let ((a (make-sparse-vector)))
    (sparse-vector-set! a 0 (make-sparse-vector))
    a))

(define (sparse-array? a)
  (and (sparse-vector? a)
       (sparse-vector? (sparse-vector-ref a 0))))

(define (sparse-array-ref a x y)
  (let ((row (sparse-vector-ref a x)))
    (if row
	(sparse-vector-ref row y)
	#f)))

(define (sparse-array-set! a x y val)
  (let ((row (sparse-vector-ref a x)))
    (if row
	(sparse-vector-set! row y val)
	(let ((new-row (make-sparse-vector)))
	  (sparse-vector-set! a x new-row)
	  (sparse-vector-set! new-row y val)))))

;;======================================================================
;; L O C K E R S   A N D   B L O C K E R S 
;;======================================================================

;; block further accesses to databases. Call this before shutting db down
(define (common:db-block-further-queries)
  (mutex-lock! *db-access-mutex*)
  (set! *db-access-allowed* #f)
  (mutex-unlock! *db-access-mutex*))

(define (common:db-access-allowed?)
  (let ((val (begin
	       (mutex-lock! *db-access-mutex*)
	       *db-access-allowed*
	       (mutex-unlock! *db-access-mutex*))))
    val))

;;======================================================================
;; U S E F U L   S T U F F
;;======================================================================

;; convert things to an alist or assoc list, #f gets converted to ""
;;
(define (common:to-alist dat)
  (cond
   ((list? dat)   (map common:to-alist dat))
   ((vector? dat)
    (map common:to-alist (vector->list dat)))
   ((pair? dat)
    (cons (common:to-alist (car dat))
	  (common:to-alist (cdr dat))))
   ((hash-table? dat)
    (map common:to-alist (hash-table->alist dat)))
   (else
    (if dat
	dat
	""))))

(define (common:alist-ref/default key alist default)
  (or (alist-ref key alist) default))

(define (common:low-noise-print waitval . keys)
  (let* ((key      (string-intersperse (map conc keys) "-" ))
	 (lasttime (hash-table-ref/default *common:denoise* key 0))
	 (currtime (current-seconds)))
    (if (> (- currtime lasttime) waitval)
	(begin
	  (hash-table-set! *common:denoise* key currtime)
	  #t)
	#f)))

(define (common:get-megatest-exe)
  (or (get-environment-variable "MT_MEGATEST") "megatest"))

(define (common:read-encoded-string instr)
  (handle-exceptions
   exn
   (handle-exceptions
    exn
    (begin
      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "received bad encoded string \"" instr "\", message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", exn=" exn)
      (print-call-chain (current-error-port))
      #f)
    (read (open-input-string (base64:base64-decode instr))))
   (read (open-input-string (z3:decode-buffer (base64:base64-decode instr))))))


(define (common:special-sort items order comp)
  (let ((items-order (map reverse order))
        (acomp       (or comp >)))
    (sort items
        (lambda (a b)
          (let ((a-num (cadr (or (assoc a items-order) '(0 0))))
                (b-num (cadr (or (assoc b items-order) '(0 0)))))
            (acomp a-num b-num))))))

;;======================================================================
;; ;; given a toplevel with currstate, currstatus apply state and status
;; ;;  => (newstate . newstatus)
;; (define (common:apply-state-status currstate currstatus state status)
;;   (let* ((cstate  (string->symbol (string-downcase currstate)))
;;          (cstatus (string->symbol (string-downcase currstatus)))
;;          (sstate  (string->symbol (string-downcase state)))
;;          (sstatus (string->symbol (string-downcase status)))
;;          (nstate  #f)
;;          (nstatus #f))
;;     (set! nstate
;;           (case cstate
;;             ((completed not_started killed killreq stuck archived) 
;;              (case sstate ;; completed -> sstate
;;                ((completed killed killreq stuck archived) completed)
;;                ((running remotehoststart launched)        running)
;;                (else                                      unknown-error-1)))
;;             ((running remotehoststart launched)
;;              (case sstate
;;                ((completed killed killreq stuck archived) #f) ;; need to look at all items
;;                ((running remotehoststart launched)        running)
;;                (else                                      unknown-error-2)))
;;             (else unknown-error-3)))
;;     (set! nstatus
;;           (case sstatus
;;             ((pass)
;;              (case nstate
;;                ((pass n/a deleted)     pass)
;;                ((warn)                 warn)
;;                ((fail)                 fail)
;;                ((check)               check)
;;                ((waived)             waived)
;;                ((skip)                 skip)
;;                ((stuck/dead)          stuck)
;;                ((abort)               abort)
;;                (else        unknown-error-4)))
;;             ((warn)
;;              (case nstate
;;                ((pass warn n/a skip deleted)   warn)
;;                ((fail)                         fail)
;;                ((check)                       check)
;;                ((waived)                     waived)
;;                ((stuck/dead)                  stuck)
;;                (else                unknown-error-5)))
;;             ((fail)
;;              (case nstate
;;                ((pass warn fail check n/a waived skip deleted stuck/dead stuck)  fail)
;;                ((abort)                                                         abort)
;;                (else                                                  unknown-error-6)))
;;             (else    unknown-error-7)))
;;     (cons 
;;      (if nstate  (symbol->string nstate)  nstate)
;;      (if nstatus (symbol->string nstatus) nstatus))))
               
(define (get-with-default val default)
  (let ((val (args:get-arg val)))
    (if val val default)))

(define (assoc/default key lst . default)
  (let ((res (assoc key lst)))
    (if res (cadr res)(if (null? default) #f (car default)))))

(define (common:get-area-name)
  (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "area-name") ;; megatest is a flexible tool, testsuite is too limiting a description.
      (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "testsuite" )
      (get-environment-variable "MT_TESTSUITE_NAME")
      (pathname-file (or (if (string? *toppath* )
			     (pathname-file *toppath*)
			     #f)
			 (common:get-toppath #f)))
      "please-set-setup-area-name")) ;; (pathname-file (current-directory)))))

;;======================================================================
;; safe getting of toppath
(define (common:get-toppath areapath)
  (or *toppath*
      (if areapath
	  (begin
	    (set! *toppath* areapath)
	    (set-environment-variable! "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME" areapath)
	    areapath)
	  #f)
      (if (get-environment-variable "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME")
	  (begin
	    (set! *toppath* (get-environment-variable "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME"))
	    *toppath*)
	  #f)
      ;; last resort, look for megatest.config
      (let loop ((thepath (realpath ".")))
	(if (file-exists? (conc thepath "/megatest.config"))
	    thepath
	    (if (equal? thepath "/")
		(begin
		  (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Unable to find megatest home directory.")
		  #f)
		(loop (pathname-directory thepath)))))
      ))

;;======================================================================
;; redefine for future cleanup (converge on area-name, the more generic
;;
;; (define common:get-area-name common:get-area-name)

(define (common:get-db-tmp-area . junk)
  (if *db-cache-path*
      *db-cache-path*
      (if *toppath* ;; common:get-create-writeable-dir
	  (handle-exceptions
	      exn
	      (begin
		(debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Couldn't create path to " *db-cache-path* ", exn=" exn)
		(exit 1))
	      (let* ((tsname (common:get-area-name))
		     (dbpath (common:get-create-writeable-dir
			      (list (conc "/tmp/" (current-user-name)
					  "/megatest_localdb/"
					  tsname "/"
					  (string-translate *toppath* "/" "."))
				    (conc "/tmp/" (current-process-id) ;; just in case we have an issue with the dir by own user name
					  "/megatest_localdb/"
					  tsname
					  (string-translate *toppath* "/" "."))
				    ))))
		(set! *db-cache-path* dbpath)
		dbpath))
	  #f)))

(define (common:get-signature str)
  (message-digest-string (md5-primitive) str))

;;======================================================================
;; TOPPATH/AREA
;;======================================================================

;; deprecate this one
(define (common:get-area-path-signature)
  (message-digest-string (md5-primitive) *toppath*))

(define (common:calc-area-key area-path #!optional (full #f))
  (let* ((top-dir-name (pathname-directory area-path))
	 (area-name    (pathname-strip-directory area-path))
	 (top-dir-key  (common:get-signature top-dir-name))
	 (short-key    (substring top-dir-key 0 6)))
    (conc (if full top-dir-key short-key) "-" area-name)))

(define (common:get-area-key)
  (common:calc-area-key *toppath*))

;;======================================================================
;; E X I T   H A N D L I N G
;;======================================================================

(define (common:human-time)
  (time->string (seconds->local-time (current-seconds)) "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))

;; common:readonly-watchdo
;; common:watchdog
;; std-exit-procedure was here

(define (std-signal-handler signum)
  ;; (signal-mask! signum)
  (bdat-time-to-exit-set! *bdat* #t) 
  ;;(debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "got signal "signum)
  (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Received signal " signum " aaa exiting promptly")
  ;; (std-exit-procedure) ;; shouldn't need this since we are exiting and it will be called anyway
  (exit))

(define (special-signal-handler signum)
  ;; (signal-mask! signum)
  (bdat-time-to-exit-set! *bdat*  #t)
  ;;(debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "got signal "signum)
  (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Received signal " signum " sending email befor exiting!!")
  ;;TODO send email to notify admin contact listed in the config that the lisner got killed
  ;; (std-exit-procedure) ;; shouldn't need this since we are exiting and it will be called anyway
  (exit))

;;======================================================================
;; M I S C   U T I L S
;;======================================================================

;;======================================================================
;; convert stuff to a number if possible
(define (any->number val)
  (cond 
   ((number? val) val)
   ((string? val) (string->number val))
   ((symbol? val) (any->number (symbol->string val)))
   (else #f)))

(define (any->number-if-possible val)
  (let ((num (any->number val)))
    (if num num val)))

(define (patt-list-match item patts)
  (debug:print-info 8 *default-log-port* "patt-list-match item=" item " patts=" patts)
  (if (and item patts)  ;; here we are filtering for matches with item patterns
      (let ((res #f))   ;; look through all the item-patts if defined, format is patt1,patt2,patt3 ... wildcard is %
	(for-each 
	 (lambda (patt)
	   (let ((modpatt (string-substitute "%" ".*" patt #t)))
	     (debug:print-info 10 *default-log-port* "patt " patt " modpatt " modpatt)
	     (if (string-match (regexp modpatt) item)
		 (set! res #t))))
	 (string-split patts ","))
	res)
      #t))

;;======================================================================
;; '(print (string-intersperse (map cadr (hash-table-ref/default (configf:read-config "megatest.config" \#f \#t) "disks" '"'"'("none" ""))) "\n"))'
(define (common:get-disks configf)
  (hash-table-ref/default 
   configf ;; (or configf (configf:read-config "megatest.config" #f #t))
   "disks" '("none" "")))

;;======================================================================
;; return first command that exists, else #f
;;
(define (common:which cmds)
  (if (null? cmds)
      #f
      (let loop ((hed (car cmds))
		 (tal (cdr cmds)))
	(let ((res (with-input-from-pipe (conc "which " hed) read-line)))
	  (if (and (string? res)
		   (common:file-exists? res))
	      res
	      (if (null? tal)
		  #f
		  (loop (car tal)(cdr tal))))))))
  
(define (common:get-install-area)
  (let ((exe-path (car (argv))))
    (if (common:file-exists? exe-path)
	(handle-exceptions
	 exn
	 #f
	 (pathname-directory
	  (pathname-directory 
	   (pathname-directory exe-path))))
	#f)))

;;======================================================================
;; return first path that can be created or already exists and is writable
;;
(define (common:get-create-writeable-dir dirs)
  (if (null? dirs)
      #f
      (let loop ((hed (car dirs))
		 (tal (cdr dirs)))
	(let ((res (or (and (directory? hed)
			    (file-writable? hed)
			    hed)
		       (handle-exceptions
			   exn
			   (begin
			     (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "could not create " hed
					       ", this might cause problems down the road. exn=" exn)
			     #f)
			(create-directory hed #t)))))
	  (if (and (string? res)
		   (directory? res))
	      res
	      (if (null? tal)
		  #f
		  (loop (car tal)(cdr tal))))))))

;;======================================================================
;; return the youngest timestamp . filename
;;
(define (common:get-youngest glob-list)
  (let ((all-files (apply append
			  (map (lambda (patt)
				 (handle-exceptions
				     exn
				     '()
				   (glob patt)))
			       glob-list))))
    (fold (lambda (fname res)
	    (let ((last-mod (car res))
		  (curmod   (handle-exceptions
				exn
				0
			      (file-modification-time fname))))
	      (if (> curmod last-mod)
		  (list curmod fname)
		  res)))
	  '(0 "n/a")
	  all-files)))

;;======================================================================
;; use bash to expand a glob. Does NOT handle paths with spaces!
;;
(define (common:bash-glob instr)
  (string-split
   (with-input-from-pipe
       (conc "/bin/bash -c \"echo " instr "\"")
       read-line)))

;;======================================================================
;; Some safety net stuff
;;======================================================================

;;======================================================================
;; return input if it is a list or return null
(define (common:list-or-null inlst #!key (ovrd #f)(message #f))
  (if (list? inlst)
      inlst
      (begin
	(if message (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* message))
	(or ovrd '()))))
  
;;======================================================================
;; T A R G E T S  ,   S T A T E ,   S T A T U S ,   
;;                    R U N N A M E    A N D   T E S T P A T T
;;======================================================================

;;======================================================================
;; (map print (map car (hash-table->alist (configf:read-config "runconfigs.config" #f #t))))
;;
(define (common:get-runconfig-targets configf) ;; #!key (configf #f))
  (let ((targs       (sort (map car (hash-table->alist configf))
			   string<?))
	(target-patt (args:get-arg "-target")))
    (if target-patt
	(filter (lambda (x)
		  (patt-list-match x target-patt))
		targs)
	targs)))

(define (common:args-get-state)
  (or (args:get-arg "-state")(args:get-arg ":state")))

(define (common:args-get-status)
  (or (args:get-arg "-status")(args:get-arg ":status")))

(define (common:args-get-testpatt rconf)
  (let* ((target        (common:args-get-target))
	 ;; (tagexpr       (args:get-arg "-tagexpr"))
         ;; (tags-testpatt (if tagexpr (string-join (runs:get-tests-matching-tags tagexpr) ",") #f))
         (testpatt-key  (or (args:get-arg "-modepatt") (args:get-arg "--modepatt") "TESTPATT"))
         (args-testpatt (or (args:get-arg "-testpatt") (args:get-arg "-runtests") "%"))
         (rtestpatt     (if rconf (runconfigs-get rconf testpatt-key target) #f)))
    (cond
     ((or (args:get-arg "--modepatt") (args:get-arg "-modepatt")) ;; modepatt is a forced setting, when set it MUST refer to an existing PATT in the runconfig
      (if rconf
	  (let* ((patts-from-mode-patt	  (runconfigs-get rconf testpatt-key target)))
	    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "modepatt defined is: "testpatt-key" runconfigs values for  " testpatt-key " "  patts-from-mode-patt)
	    patts-from-mode-patt)
	  (begin
	    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* " modepatt defined is: "testpatt-key" runconfigs values for  " testpatt-key) ;;  " " patts-from-mode-patt)
	    #f)))     ;; We do NOT fall back to "%"
     ;; (tags-testpatt
     ;;  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "-tagexpr "tagexpr" selects testpatt "tags-testpatt)
     ;;  tags-testpatt)
     ((and (equal? args-testpatt "%") rtestpatt)
      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "testpatt defined in "testpatt-key" from runconfigs: " rtestpatt)
      rtestpatt)
     (else 
      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "using testpatt " args-testpatt " rtestpatt:" rtestpatt)
      args-testpatt))))

(define (common:false-on-exception thunk #!key (message #f))
  (handle-exceptions exn
                     (begin
                       (if message
                           (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* message))
                       #f) (thunk) ))

(define (common:file-exists? path-string #!key (silent #f))
  ;;;; TODO: catch permission denied exceptions and emit appropriate warnings. Might be able to get rid of with chicken 5?
  (common:false-on-exception (lambda () (file-exists? path-string))
                             message: (if (not silent)
                                          (conc "Unable to access path: " path-string)
                                          #f)
                             ))

(define (common:directory-exists? path-string)
  ;;;; TODO: catch permission denied exceptions and emit appropriate warnings
  (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
    (begin
      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Failed to identify access to " path-string ", exn=" exn)
      #f)
   (if (and (directory-exists? path-string)
            (file-writable? path-string))
       path-string
       #f)))

(define (common:get-linktree)
  (or (get-environment-variable "MT_LINKTREE")
      (if *configdat*
	  (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree")
	  #f)
      (if (or *toppath* (get-environment-variable "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME"))
	  (conc (or *toppath* (get-environment-variable "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME")) "/lt")
	  #f)
      (let* ((tp (common:get-toppath #f))
	     (lt (conc tp "/lt")))
	(if (not tp)(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: cannot calculate best path for linktree, using " lt))
	lt)))

(define (common:args-get-runname)
  (let ((res (or (args:get-arg "-runname")
		 (args:get-arg ":runname")
		 (get-environment-variable "MT_RUNNAME"))))
    ;; (if res (set-environment-variable! "MT_RUNNAME" res)) ;; not sure if this is a good idea. side effect and all ...
    res))

(define (common:args-get-target #!key (split #f)(exit-if-bad #f))
  (let* ((keys    (if (hash-table? *configdat*) (common:get-fields *configdat*) '()))
	 (numkeys (length keys))
	 (target  (or (args:get-arg "-reqtarg")
		      (args:get-arg "-target")
		      (get-environment-variable "MT_TARGET")))
	 (tlist   (if target (string-split target "/" #t) '()))
	 (valid   (if target
		      (or (null? keys) ;; probably don't know our keys yet
			  (and (not (null? tlist))
			       (eq? numkeys (length tlist))
			       (null? (filter string-null? tlist))))
		      #f)))
    (if valid
	(if split
	    tlist
	    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 (get-environment-variable "MT_TEST_NAME")
      (if (and (get-environment-variable "MT_ITEMPATH")
               (not (equal? (get-environment-variable "MT_ITEMPATH") "")))
          (get-environment-variable "MT_TEST_NAME")
          (conc (get-environment-variable "MT_TEST_NAME") "/" (get-environment-variable "MT_ITEMPATH")))
      #f))

;;======================================================================
;; do we honor the caches of the config files?
;;
(define (common:use-cache?)
  (let ((res #t)) ;; priority by order of evaluation
    (if *configdat* ;; sillyness here. can't use setup/use-cache to know if we can use the cached files!
	(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 (get-environment-variable "MT_USE_CACHE")
	(if (equal? (get-environment-variable "MT_USE_CACHE") "yes")
	    (set! res #t)
	    (if (equal? (get-environment-variable "MT_USE_CACHE") "no")
		(set! res #f))))    ;; overrides -no-cache switch
    res))
  
;;======================================================================
;; force use of server?
;;
(define (common:force-server?)
  (let* ((force-setting (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "force"))
	 (force-type    (if force-setting (string->symbol force-setting) #f))
	 (force-result  (case force-type
			  ((#f)     #f)
			  ((always) #t)
			  ((test)   (if (args:get-arg "-execute") ;; we are in a test
					#t
					#f))
			  (else
			   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: Bad server force setting " force-setting ", forcing server.")
			   #t)))) ;; default to requiring server
    (if force-result
	(begin
	  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "forcing use of server, force setting is \"" force-setting "\".")
	  #t)
	#f)))

;;======================================================================
;; M I S C   L I S T S
;;======================================================================

;;======================================================================
;; items in lista are matched value and position in listb
;; return the remaining items in listb or #f
;;
(define (common:list-is-sublist lista listb)
  (if (null? lista)
      listb ;; all items in listb are "remaining"
      (if (> (length lista)(length listb)) 
	  #f
	  (let loop ((heda (car lista))
		     (tala (cdr lista))
		     (hedb (car listb))
		     (talb (cdr listb)))
	    (if (equal? heda hedb)
		(if (null? tala) ;; we are done
		    talb
		    (loop (car tala)
			  (cdr tala)
			  (car talb)
			  
			  (cdr talb)))
		#f)))))

;;======================================================================
;; Needed for long lists to be sorted where (apply max ... ) dies
;;
(define (common:max inlst)
  (let loop ((max-val (car inlst))
	     (hed     (car inlst))
	     (tal     (cdr inlst)))
    (if (not (null? tal))
	(loop (max hed max-val)
	      (car tal)
	      (cdr tal))
	(max hed max-val))))

;;======================================================================
;; get min or max, use > for max and < for min, this works around the limits on apply
;;
(define (common:min-max comp lst)
  (if (null? lst)
      #f ;; better than an exception for my needs
      (fold (lambda (a b)
	      (if (comp a b) a b))
	    (car lst)
	    lst)))

;;======================================================================
;; get min or max, use > for max and < for min, this works around the limits on apply
;;
(define (common:sum lst)
  (if (null? lst)
      0
      (fold (lambda (a b)
	      (+ a b))
	    (car lst)
	    lst)))

;;======================================================================
;; path list to hash-table tree
;;   ((a b c)(a b d)(e b c)) => ((a (b (d) (c))) (e (b (c))))
;;
(define (common:list->htree lst)
  (let ((resh (make-hash-table)))
    (for-each
     (lambda (inlst)
       (let loop ((ht  resh)
		  (hed (car inlst))
		  (tal (cdr inlst)))
	 (if (hash-table-ref/default ht hed #f)
	     (if (not (null? tal))
		 (loop (hash-table-ref ht hed)
		       (car tal)
		       (cdr tal)))
	     (begin
	       (hash-table-set! ht hed (make-hash-table))
	       (loop ht hed tal)))))
     lst)
    resh))

;;======================================================================
;; hash-table tree to html list tree
;;
;;   tipfunc takes two parameters: y the tip value and path the path to that point
;;
(define (common:htree->html ht path tipfunc)
  (let ((datlist 	(sort (hash-table->alist ht)
                              (lambda (a b)
                                (string< (car a)(car b))))))
    (if (null? datlist)
    	(tipfunc #f path) ;; really shouldn't get here
	(s:ul
	 (map (lambda (x)
		(let* ((levelname (car x))
		       (y         (cdr x))
		       (newpath   (append path (list levelname)))
		       (leaf      (or (not (hash-table? y))
				      (null? (hash-table-keys y)))))
		  (if leaf
		      (s:li (tipfunc y newpath))
		      (s:li
		       (list 
			levelname
			(common:htree->html y newpath tipfunc))))))
	      datlist)))))

;;======================================================================
;; hash-table tree to alist tree
;;
(define (common:htree->atree ht)
  (map (lambda (x)
	 (cons (car x)
	       (let ((y (cdr x)))
		 (if (hash-table? y)
		     (common:htree->atree y)
		     y))))
       (hash-table->alist ht)))

;;======================================================================
;; M U N G E   D A T A   I N T O   N I C E   F O R M S
;;======================================================================

;;======================================================================
;; Generate an index for a sparse list of key values
;;   ( (rowname1 colname1 val1)(rowname2 colname2 val2) )
;;
;; => 
;;
;;   ( (rowname1 0)(rowname2 1))    ;; rownames -> num
;;     (colname1 0)(colname2 1)) )  ;; colnames -> num
;; 
;; optional apply proc to rownum colnum value
(define (common:sparse-list-generate-index data #!key (proc #f))
  (if (null? data)
      (list '() '())
      (let loop ((hed (car data))
		 (tal (cdr data))
		 (rownames '())
		 (colnames '())
		 (rownum   0)
		 (colnum   0))
	(let* ((rowkey          (car   hed))
	       (colkey          (cadr  hed))
	       (value           (caddr hed))
	       (existing-rowdat (assoc rowkey rownames))
	       (existing-coldat (assoc colkey colnames))
	       (curr-rownum     (if existing-rowdat rownum (+ rownum 1)))
	       (curr-colnum     (if existing-coldat colnum (+ colnum 1)))
	       (new-rownames    (if existing-rowdat rownames (cons (list rowkey curr-rownum) rownames)))
	       (new-colnames    (if existing-coldat colnames (cons (list colkey curr-colnum) colnames))))
	  ;; (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Processing record: " hed )
	  (if proc (proc curr-rownum curr-colnum rowkey colkey value))
	  (if (null? tal)
	      (list new-rownames new-colnames)
	      (loop (car tal)
		    (cdr tal)
		    new-rownames
		    new-colnames
		    (if (> curr-rownum rownum) curr-rownum rownum)
		    (if (> curr-colnum colnum) curr-colnum colnum)
		    ))))))

;;======================================================================
;; if it looks like a number -> convert it to a number, else return it
;;
(define (common:lazy-convert inval)
  (let* ((as-num (if (string? inval)(string->number inval) #f)))
    (or as-num inval)))

;;======================================================================
;; convert string a=1; b=2; c=a silly thing; d=
;; to '((a . 1)(b . 2)(c . "a silly thing")(d . ""))
;;
(define (common:val->alist val #!key (convert #f))
  (let ((val-list (string-split-fields ";\\s*" val #:infix)))
    (if val-list
	(map (lambda (x)
	       (let ((f (string-split-fields "\\s*=\\s*" x #:infix)))
		 (case (length f)
		   ((0) `(,#f))  ;; null string case
		   ((1) `(,(string->symbol (car f))))
		   ((2) `(,(string->symbol (car f)) . ,(let ((inval (cadr f)))
							 (if convert (common:lazy-convert inval) inval))))
		   (else f))))
	     val-list)
	'())))

;;======================================================================
;; S Y S T E M   S T U F F
;;======================================================================

;;======================================================================
;; lazy-safe get file mod time. on any error (file not existing etc.) return 0
;;
(define (common:lazy-modification-time fpath)
  (handle-exceptions
      exn
    (begin
      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Failed to get modifcation time for " fpath ", treating it as zero. exn=" exn)
      0)
    (if (file-exists? fpath)
	(file-modification-time fpath)
	0)))

;;======================================================================
;; find timestamp of newest file associated with a sqlite db file
(define (common:lazy-sqlite-db-modification-time fpath)
  (let* ((glob-list (handle-exceptions
			exn
		      (begin
			(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Failed to glob " fpath "*, exn=" exn)
			`(,(conc "/no/such/file, message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))))
		      (glob (conc fpath "*"))))
         (file-list (if (eq? 0 (length glob-list))
			'("/no/such/file")
			glob-list)))
  (apply max
	 (map
	  common:lazy-modification-time 
	  file-list))))

;;======================================================================
;; return a nice clean pathname made absolute
;;
;; defined in configfmod
;;
#;(define (common:nice-path dir)
  (let ((match (string-match "^(~[^\\/]*)(\\/.*|)$" dir)))
    (if match ;; using ~ for home?
	(common:nice-path (conc (common:read-link-f (cadr match)) "/" (caddr match)))
	(normalize-pathname (if (absolute-pathname? dir)
				dir
				(conc (current-directory) "/" dir))))))

;; defined in configfmod

#;(define (common:read-link-f path)
  (handle-exceptions
      exn
      (begin
	(debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "command \"/bin/readlink -f " path "\" failed. exn=" exn)
	path) ;; just give up
    (with-input-from-pipe
	(conc "/bin/readlink -f " path)
      (lambda ()
	(read-line)))))

;;======================================================================
;; returns *effective load* (not normalized)
;;
(define (common:get-intercept onemin fivemin)
  (if (< onemin fivemin) ;; load is decreasing, just use the onemin load
      onemin
      (let* ((load-change (- onemin fivemin))
	     (tchange     (- 300 60)))
	(max (+ onemin (* 60 (/ load-change tchange))) 0))))

;;======================================================================
;; calculate a delay number based on a droop curve
;;    inputs are:
;;      - load-in, load as from uptime, NOT normalized
;;      - numcpus, number of cpus, ideally use the real cpus, not threads
;;
(define (common:get-delay load-in numcpus)
  (let* ((ratio (/ load-in numcpus))
         (new-option (configf:lookup *configdat* "load" "new-load-method"))
	 (paramstr   (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "load" "exp-params")
			 "15 12 1281453987.9543 0.75")) ;; 5 4 10 1"))
	 (paramlst   (map string->number (string-split paramstr))))
    (if new-option
	(begin
          (cond ((and (>= ratio 0) (< ratio .5))
		 0)
		((and (>= ratio 0.5) (<= ratio .9))
		 (* ratio (/ 5 .9)))
		((and (> ratio .9) (<= ratio 1.1))
		 (+ 5 (* (- ratio .9) (/ 55 .2)))) 
		((> ratio 1.1)
		 60)))
	(match paramlst
	  ((r1 r2 s1 s2)
	   (debug:print 3 *default-log-port* "Using params r1=" r1 " r2=" r2 " s1=" s1 " s2=" s2)
	   (min (max (/ (expt r1 (* r2 s2 ratio)) s1) 0) 30))
	  (else
	   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "BAD exp-params, should be \"r1 r2 s1 s2\" but got " paramstr)
	   30)))))

(define (common:print-delay-table)
  (let loop ((x 0))
    (print x "," (common:get-delay x 1))
    (if (< x 2)
	(loop (+ x 0.1)))))

(define (get-cpu-load #!key (remote-host #f))
  (car (common:get-cpu-load remote-host)))

;;======================================================================
;;   (let* ((load-res (process:cmd-run->list "uptime"))
;; 	 (load-rx  (regexp "load average:\\s+(\\d+)"))
;; 	 (cpu-load #f))
;;     (for-each (lambda (l)
;; 		(let ((match (string-search load-rx l)))
;; 		  (if match
;; 		      (let ((newval (string->number (cadr match))))
;; 			(if (number? newval)
;; 			    (set! cpu-load newval))))))
;; 	      (car load-res))
;;     cpu-load))

;;======================================================================
;; get values from cached info from dropping file in logs dir
;;  e.g. key is host and dtype is normalized-load
;;
(define (common:get-cached-info key dtype #!key (age 10))
  (if *toppath*
      (let* ((fullpath (conc *toppath* "/.sysdata/" key "-" dtype ".log"))
	     (delfile  (lambda (exn)
			 (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* " removing bad file " fullpath ", exn=" exn)
			 (delete-file* fullpath)
			 #f)))
	(if (and (file-exists? fullpath)
		 (file-readable? fullpath))
	    (handle-exceptions
		exn
	      (begin
		(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "failed to get cached info from " fullpath ", exn=" exn)
		#f)
	     (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "reading file " fullpath)
	     (let ((real-age (- (current-seconds)
				(handle-exceptions
				    exn
				  (begin
				    (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "Failed to read mod time on file "
						 fullpath ", using 0, exn=" exn)
				    0)
				  (file-change-time fullpath)))))
	       (if (< real-age age)
		   (handle-exceptions
		       exn
		     (delfile exn)
		     (let* ((res (with-input-from-file fullpath read)))
		       (if (eof-object? res)
			   (begin
			     (delfile "n/a")
			     #f)
			   res)))
		   (begin
		     (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "file " fullpath
				       " is too old (" real-age" seconds) to trust, skipping reading it")
		     #f))))
	    (begin
	      (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "not reading file " fullpath)
	      #f)))
      #f))
 
(define (common:write-cached-info key dtype dat)
  (if *toppath*
      (let* ((fulldir  (conc *toppath* "/.sysdata"))
	     (fullpath (conc fulldir "/" key "-" dtype ".log")))
	(if (not (file-exists? fulldir))(create-directory fulldir #t))
	(handle-exceptions
	    exn
	  (begin
	    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "failed to write file " fullpath ", exn=" exn)
	    #f)
	  (with-output-to-file fullpath (lambda ()(pp dat)))))
      #f))

(define (common:raw-get-remote-host-load remote-host)
  (handle-exceptions
      exn
    (begin
      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "failed to ssh to " remote-host " and get loadavg. exn=" exn)
      #f) ;; more specific handling of errors needed
    (with-input-from-pipe 
     (conc "ssh " remote-host " cat /proc/loadavg")
     (lambda ()(list (read)(read)(read))))))

;;======================================================================
;; get cpu load by reading from /proc/loadavg, return all three values
;;
(define (common:get-cpu-load remote-host)
  (handle-exceptions
      exn
    (begin
      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "failed to ssh or read loadavg from host " remote-host ", exn=" exn)
      '(-99 -99 -99))
    (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)))))))
	    (match
		result
	      ((l1 l2 l3)
	       (if (and (number? l1)
		      (number? l2)
		      (number? l3))
		   (begin
		     (common:write-cached-info actual-hostname "cpu-load" result)
		     result)
		   '(-1 -1 -1))) ;; -1 is bad result
	      (else '(-2 -2 -2))))))))

;;======================================================================
;; 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" 
			   read-lines)
			 (with-input-from-file "/proc/cpuinfo"
			   read-lines)
			 (list "end"))))
	      (load-rx  (regexp "^([\\d\\.]+)\\s+([\\d\\.]+)\\s+([\\d\\.]+)\\s+.*$"))
	      (proc-rx  (regexp "^processor\\s+:\\s+(\\d+)\\s*$"))
	      (core-rx  (regexp "^core id\\s+:\\s+(\\d+)\\s*$"))
	      (phys-rx  (regexp "^physical id\\s+:\\s+(\\d+)\\s*$"))
	      (max-num  (lambda (p n)(max (string->number p) n))))
	  ;; (print "data=" data)
	  (if (null? data) ;; something went wrong
	      #f
	      (let loop ((hed      (car data))
			 (tal      (cdr data))
			 (loads    #f)
			 (proc-num 0)  ;; processor includes threads
			 (phys-num 0)  ;; physical chip on motherboard
			 (core-num 0)) ;; core
		;;; (print hed ", " loads ", " proc-num ", " phys-num ", " core-num)
		(if (null? tal) ;; have all our data, calculate normalized load and return result
		    (let* ((act-proc (+ proc-num 1))
			   (act-phys (+ phys-num 1))
			   (act-core (+ core-num 1))
			   (adj-proc-load (/ (car loads) act-proc))
			   (adj-core-load (/ (car loads) act-core))
			   (result
			    (append (list (cons 'adj-proc-load adj-proc-load)
					  (cons 'adj-core-load adj-core-load))
				    (list (cons '1m-load (car loads))
					  (cons '5m-load (cadr loads))
					  (cons '15m-load (caddr loads)))
				    (list (cons 'proc act-proc)
					  (cons 'core act-core)
					  (cons 'phys act-phys)))))
		      (common:write-cached-info actual-host "normalized-load" result)
		      result)
		  (regex-case
		   hed
		   (load-rx  ( x l1 l5 l15 ) (loop (car tal)(cdr tal)(map string->number (list l1 l5 l15)) proc-num phys-num core-num))
		   (proc-rx  ( x p         ) (loop (car tal)(cdr tal) loads           (max-num p proc-num) phys-num core-num))
		   (phys-rx  ( x p         ) (loop (car tal)(cdr tal) loads           proc-num (max-num p phys-num) core-num))
		   (core-rx  ( x c         ) (loop (car tal)(cdr tal) loads           proc-num phys-num (max-num c core-num)))
		   (else 
		    (begin
		      ;; (print "NO MATCH: " hed)
		      (loop (car tal)(cdr tal) loads proc-num phys-num core-num)))))))))))

(define (common:unix-ping hostname)
  (let ((res (system (conc "ping -c 1 " hostname " > /dev/null"))))
    (eq? res 0)))

(define (launch:is-test-alive host pid)
  (if (and host pid (not (equal? host "n/a")))
      (let* ((cmd (conc "ssh " host " pstree -A " pid))
	     (output (with-input-from-pipe cmd read-lines)))
	(debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "Running " cmd " received " output)
	(if (eq? (length output) 0)
	   #f
	   #t))
      #t))

(define (common:get-num-cpus remote-host)
  (let* ((actual-host (or remote-host (get-host-name))))
    ;; hosts had better not be changing the number of cpus too often!
    (or (hash-table-ref/default *numcpus-cache* actual-host #f)
	(let* ((numcpus (or (common:get-cached-info actual-host "num-cpus" age: (+ 2592000 (pseudo-random-integer 3600)))
			    (let* ((proc   (lambda ()
					     (let loop ((numcpu 0)
							(inl    (read-line)))
					       (if (eof-object? inl)
						   (if (> numcpu 0)
						       numcpu
						       #f) ;; if zero return #f so caller knows that things are not working
						   (loop (if (string-match "^processor\\s+:\\s+\\d+$" inl)
							     (+ numcpu 1)
							     numcpu)
							 (read-line))))))
				   (result (if remote-host
					       (with-input-from-pipe 
						(conc "ssh " remote-host " cat /proc/cpuinfo")
						proc)
					       (with-input-from-file "/proc/cpuinfo" proc))))
			      (if (and (number? result)
				       (> result 0))
				  (common:write-cached-info actual-host "num-cpus" result))
			      result))))
	  (hash-table-set! *numcpus-cache* actual-host numcpus)
	  numcpus))))

;;======================================================================
;; wait for normalized cpu load to drop below maxload
;;
(define (common:wait-for-normalized-load maxnormload msg remote-host #!optional (rem-tries 5))
  (let ((num-cpus (common:get-num-cpus remote-host)))
    (if num-cpus
	(common:wait-for-cpuload maxnormload num-cpus 15 msg: msg remote-host: remote-host)
	(begin
	  (thread-sleep! (pseudo-random-integer 60)) ;; we failed to get num cpus. wait a bit and try again
	  (if (> rem-tries 0)
	      (common:wait-for-normalized-load maxnormload msg remote-host (- rem-tries 1))
	      #f)))))

;;======================================================================
;; DO NOT CALL THIS DIRECTLY. It is called from common:wait-for-normalized-load
;;   count     - count down to zero, at some point we'd give up if the load never drops
;;   num-tries - count down to zero number tries to get numcpus
;;
(define (common:wait-for-cpuload maxnormload numcpus-in
				 #!key (count 1000)
				 (msg #f)(remote-host #f)(num-tries 5))
  (let* ((loadavg     (common:get-cpu-load remote-host))
	  ;; not possible to have zero.  If we get 1, it's possible that we got the previous default, and we should check again
	 (numcpus     (if (<= 1 numcpus-in)
			  (common:get-num-cpus remote-host)
			  numcpus-in))
	 (first       (car loadavg))
	 (next        (cadr loadavg))
	 (adjmaxload  (* maxnormload (max 1 numcpus))) ;; possible bug
						   ;; where numcpus
						   ;; (or could be
						   ;; maxload) is
						   ;; zero, crude
						   ;; fallback is to
						   ;; at least use 1
	 ;; effective load accounts for load jumps, this should elminate all the first-next-avg, adjwait, load-jump-limit
	 ;; etc.
	 (effective-load    (common:get-intercept first next))
	 (recommended-delay (common:get-delay effective-load numcpus))
	 (effective-host    (or remote-host "localhost"))
	 (normalized-effective-load (/ effective-load numcpus))
	 (will-wait                 (> normalized-effective-load maxnormload)))
    (if (> recommended-delay 1) 
	(let* ((actual-delay (min recommended-delay 30)))
	  (if (common:low-noise-print 30 (conc (round actual-delay) "-safe-load"))
	      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Load control, delaying "
				actual-delay " seconds to maintain safe load. current normalized effective load is "
				normalized-effective-load". maxnormload = " maxnormload " numcpus = " numcpus " loadavg = " loadavg " effective-load = " effective-load))
	  (thread-sleep! actual-delay)))
    
    (cond
     ;; bad data, try again to get the data
     ((not will-wait)
      (if (common:low-noise-print 3600 (conc (round normalized-effective-load) "-load-acceptable-" effective-host))
      	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Effective load on " effective-host " is acceptable at " effective-load " continuing.")))

     ((and (< first 0) ;; this indicates the loadavg data is bad - machine may not be reachable
	   (> num-tries 0))
      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: received bad data from get-cpu-load "
		   first ", we'll sleep 10s and try " num-tries " more times.")
      (thread-sleep! 10)
      (common:wait-for-cpuload maxnormload numcpus-in
			       count: count remote-host: remote-host num-tries: (- num-tries 1)))

     ;; need to wait for load to drop
     ((and will-wait ;; (> first adjmaxload)
	   (> count 0))
      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port*
			"Delaying 15" ;; adjwait
			" seconds due to normalized effective load " normalized-effective-load ;; first
			" exceeding max of " adjmaxload
			" on server " (or remote-host (get-host-name))
			" (normalized load-limit: " maxnormload ") " (if msg msg ""))
      (thread-sleep! 15) ;; adjwait)
      (common:wait-for-cpuload maxnormload numcpus count: (- count 1) msg: msg remote-host: remote-host)
      ;; put the message here to indicate came out of waiting
      (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port*
			"On host: " effective-host
			", effective load: " effective-load
			", numcpus: " numcpus
			", normalized effective load: " normalized-effective-load
			))
     ;; overloaded and count expired (i.e. went to zero)
     (else
      (if (> num-tries 0) ;; should be "num-tries-left". 
	  (if (common:low-noise-print 30 (conc (round effective-load) "-load-acceptable-" effective-host))
	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Load on " effective-host " is acceptable at effective normalized load of "
			   normalized-effective-load "  continuing."))
	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Load on " effective-host ", "
		       first" could not be retrieved. Giving up and continuing."))))))

;;======================================================================
;; server process management
;;======================================================================

;; no elegance here ...
;;
(define (tasks:kill-server hostname pid #!key (kill-switch ""))
  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Attempting to kill server process " pid " on host " hostname)
  (set-environment-variable! "TARGETHOST" hostname)
  (let* ((logdir (if (directory-exists? "logs")
                    "logs/"
                    ""))
         (logfile (if logdir (conc "logs/server-"pid"-"hostname".log") #f))
         (gzfile  (if logfile (conc logfile ".gz"))))
    (set-environment-variable! "TARGETHOST_LOGF" (conc logdir "server-kills.log"))

    (system (conc "nbfake kill "kill-switch" "pid))

    (when logfile
      (thread-sleep! 0.5)
      (if (file-exists? gzfile) (delete-file gzfile))
      (system (conc "gzip " logfile))
      
      (unset-environment-variable! "TARGETHOST_LOGF")
      (unset-environment-variable! "TARGETHOST"))))

#;(define (server:get-logs-list area-path)
  (let* (;; (server-logs-cmd  (conc "grep -iL exiting " area-path "/logs/server-*-*.log"))
	 ;; (server-logs   (string-split (string-chomp (with-input-from-pipe server-logs-cmd read-string))))
	 (server-logs      (glob (conc area-path"/logs/server-*-*.log")))
	 )
    server-logs))
  
;; get a list of servers with all relevant data
;; ( mod-time host port start-time pid )
;;
#;(define (server:get-list areapath #!key (limit #f))
  (let ((fname-rx    (regexp "^(|.*/)server-(\\d+)-(\\S+).log$"))
	(day-seconds (* 24 60 60)))
    ;; if the directory exists continue to get the list
    ;; otherwise attempt to create the logs dir and then
    ;; continue
    (if (if (directory-exists? (conc areapath "/logs"))
	    '()
	    (if (file-writable? areapath)
		(begin
		  (condition-case
		   (create-directory (conc areapath "/logs") #t)
		   (exn (i/o file)(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: Cannot create directory at " (conc areapath "/logs")))
		   (exn ()(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: Unknown error attemtping to get server list. exn=" exn)))
		  (directory-exists? (conc areapath "/logs")))
		'()))

        ;; Get the list of server logs that do not contain "exiting". Ignore logs for servers that have exited.
	(let* ((server-logs   (server:get-logs-list areapath))
	       (num-serv-logs (length server-logs)))
	  (if (or (null? server-logs) (= num-serv-logs 0))
              (let ()
                 (debug:print 1  *default-log-port* "There are no servers running")
	         '()
              )
	      (let loop ((hed  (string-chomp (car server-logs)))
			 (tal  (cdr server-logs))
			 (res '()))
		(let* ((mod-time  (handle-exceptions
				   exn
				   (begin
				     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "failed to get modification time on " hed ", exn=" exn)
				     (current-seconds)) ;; 0
				   (file-modification-time hed))) ;; default to *very* old so log gets ignored if deleted
		       (down-time (- (current-seconds) mod-time))
		       (serv-dat  (if (or (< num-serv-logs 10)
				  	  (< down-time 900)) ;; day-seconds))
				      (server:logf-get-start-info hed)
				      '())) ;; don't waste time processing server files not touched in the 15 minutes if there are more than ten servers to look at
		       (serv-rec (cons mod-time serv-dat))
		       (fmatch   (string-match fname-rx hed))
		       (pid      (if fmatch (string->number (list-ref fmatch 2)) #f))
		       (new-res  (if (null? serv-dat)
				     res
				     (cons (append serv-rec (list pid)) res)))) ;; any changes to number of elements in new-res will dirctly affect server:record->url,server:record->id,server:kill,server:get-num-alive which uses match let 
		  (if (null? tal)
		      (if (and limit
			       (> (length new-res) limit))
			  new-res ;; (take new-res limit)  <= need intelligent sorting before this will work
			  new-res)
		      (loop (string-chomp (car tal)) (cdr tal) new-res)))))))))

#;(define (server:get-num-alive srvlst)
  (let ((num-alive 0))
    (for-each
     (lambda (server)
        (handle-exceptions
          exn
         (begin 
          (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port*  "Unable to get server start-time and/or mod-time from " server ", exn=" exn))
       (match-let (((mod-time host port start-time server-id pid)
		    server))
	 (let* ((uptime  (- (current-seconds) mod-time))
		(runtime (if start-time
			     (- mod-time start-time)
			     0)))
	   (if (< uptime 5)(set! num-alive (+ num-alive 1)))))))
     srvlst)
    num-alive))

;; given a list of servers get a list of valid servers, i.e. at least
;; 10 seconds old, has started and is less than 1 hour old and is
;; active (i.e. mod-time < 10 seconds
;;
;; mod-time host port start-time pid
;;
;; sort by start-time descending. I.e. get the oldest first. Young servers will thus drop off
;; and servers should stick around for about two hours or so.
;;
#;(define (server:get-best srvlst)
  (let* ((nums (server:get-num-servers))
	 (now  (current-seconds))
	 (slst (sort
		(filter (lambda (rec)
			  (if (and (list? rec)
				   (> (length rec) 2))
			      (let ((start-time (list-ref rec 3))
				    (mod-time   (list-ref rec 0)))
				;; (print "start-time: " start-time " mod-time: " mod-time)
				(and start-time mod-time
				     (> (- now start-time) 0)    ;; been running at least 0 seconds
				     (< (- now mod-time)   16)   ;; still alive - file touched in last 16 seconds
				     (or (not (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "runtime")) ;; skip if not set
					 (< (- now start-time)       
					    (+ (- (string->number (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "runtime"))
					       180)
					    (pseudo-random-integer 360)))) ;; under one hour running time +/- 180
				     ))
			      #f))
			srvlst)
		(lambda (a b)
		  (< (list-ref a 3)
		     (list-ref b 3))))))
    (if (> (length slst) nums)
	(take slst nums)
	slst)))

#;(define (server:get-first-best areapath)
  (let ((srvrs (server:get-best (server:get-list areapath))))
    (if (and srvrs
	     (not (null? srvrs)))
	(car srvrs)
	#f)))

#;(define (server:get-rand-best areapath)
  (let ((srvrs (server:get-best (server:get-list areapath))))
    (if (and (list? srvrs)
	     (not (null? srvrs)))
	(let* ((len (length srvrs))
	       (idx (pseudo-random-integer len)))
	  (list-ref srvrs idx))
	#f)))

(define (server:record->id servr)
  (handle-exceptions
   exn
   (begin 
     (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port*  "Unable to get server id from " servr ", exn=" exn)     
   #f)
  (match-let (((mod-time host port start-time server-id pid)
	       servr))
    (if server-id
	server-id
	#f))))

(define (server:get-num-servers #!key (numservers 2))
  (let ((ns (string->number
	     (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "numservers") "notanumber"))))
    (or ns numservers)))

;; given a path to a server log return: host port startseconds
;; any changes to number of elements returned by this fuction will dirctly affect server:record->url,server:record->id,server:kill,server:get-num-alive which uses match let 

(define (server:logf-get-start-info logf)
  (let ((server-rx (regexp "^SERVER STARTED: (\\S+):(\\d+) AT ([\\d\\.]+) server-id: (\\S+)")) ;; SERVER STARTED: host:port AT timesecs server id
        (dbprep-rx     (regexp "^SERVER: dbprep"))
	(exiting-rx    (regexp ".*exiting promptly.*"))
        (dbprep-found  #f)
	(exiting-found #f))
    (handle-exceptions
	exn
      (begin
	(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Unable to get server info from " logf ", exn=" exn)
	(list #f #f #f #f)) ;; no idea what went wrong, call it a bad server
      (with-input-from-file
	  logf
	(lambda ()
	  (let loop ((inl  (read-line))
		     (lnum 0))
	    (if (not (eof-object? inl))
		(let ((mlst    (string-match server-rx inl))
                      (dbprep  (string-match dbprep-rx inl))
		      (exiting (string-match exiting-rx inl)))
                  (if dbprep  (set! dbprep-found #t))
		  (if exiting (set! exiting-found #t))
		  (if (not mlst)
		      (if (< lnum 500) ;; give up if more than 500 lines of server log read
			  (loop (read-line)(+ lnum 1))
			  (begin 
			    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Unable to get server info from first 500 lines of " logf )
			    (list #f #f #f #f)))
		      (let ((dat  (cdr mlst)))
			(list (car dat) ;; host
			      (string->number (cadr dat)) ;; port
			      (string->number (caddr dat))
                              (cadr (cddr dat))))))
		(begin
		  (cond
		   (dbprep-found
		    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Server is in dbprep at " (current-seconds))
		    (thread-sleep! 25))
		   (exiting-found
		    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Removing server log "logf" as the server exited due to signal")
		    (delete-file* logf)
		    (thread-sleep! 1))
		   (else
		    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Unable to get server info from " logf " at " (current-seconds))))
		  (list #f #f #f #f)))))))))


;;======================================================================
;; DO NOT CALL THIS DIRECTLY. It is called from common:wait-for-normalized-load
;;
;; (define (common:wait-for-cpuload maxload-in numcpus-in waitdelay #!key (count 1000) (msg #f)(remote-host #f)(force-maxload #f)(num-tries 5))
;;   (let* ((loadavg (common:get-cpu-load remote-host))
;; 	 (numcpus (if (<= 1 numcpus-in) ;; not possible to have zero.  If we get 1, it's possible that we got the previous default, and we should check again
;; 		      (common:get-num-cpus remote-host)
;; 		      numcpus-in))
;; 	 (maxload (if force-maxload
;; 		      maxload-in
;; 		      (if (number? maxload-in)
;; 			  (max maxload-in 0.5)
;; 			  0.5))) ;; so maxload must be greater than 0.5 for now BUG - FIXME?
;; 	 (first   (car loadavg))
;; 	 (next    (cadr loadavg))
;; 	 (adjmaxload (* maxload (max 1 numcpus))) ;; possible bug where
;; 					       ;; numcpus (or could be
;; 					       ;; maxload) is zero,
;; 					       ;; crude fallback is to
;; 					       ;; at least use 1
;; 	 (loadjmp (- first (if (> next (* numcpus 0.7)) ;; could do something with average of first and next?
;; 			       0
;; 			       next))) ;; we will force a conservative calculation any time next is large.
;; 	 (first-next-avg    (/ (+ first next) 2))
;; 	 ;; add some randomness to the time to break any alignment
;; 	 ;; where netbatch dumps many jobs to machines simultaneously
;;          (adjwait           (min (+ 300 (pseudo-random-integer 10)) (abs (* (+ (pseudo-random-integer 10)
;; 								(/ (- 1000 count) 10)
;; 								waitdelay)
;; 							     (- first adjmaxload) ))))
;; 	 (load-jump-limit   (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "setup" "load-jump-limit"))
;; 	 ;; effective load accounts for load jumps, this should elminate all the first-next-avg, adjwait, load-jump-limit
;; 	 ;; etc.
;; 	 (effective-load    (common:get-intercept first next))
;; 	 (effective-host    (or remote-host "localhost"))
;; 	 (normalized-effective-load (/ effective-load numcpus))
;; 	 (will-wait                 (> normalized-effective-load maxload)))
;; 	 
;;     ;; let's let the user know once in a long while that load checking
;;     ;; is happening but not constantly report it
;;     #;(if (common:low-noise-print 30 (conc "cpuload" (or remote-host "localhost"))) ;; (> (pseudo-random-integer 100) 75) ;; about 25% of the time
;; 	(debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "Checking cpuload on " (or remote-host "localhost") ", maxload: " maxload
;;     ", load: " first ", adjmaxload: " adjmaxload ", loadjmp: " loadjmp))
;; 
;;     (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port*
;; 		      "On host: " effective-host
;; 		      ", effective load: " effective-load
;; 		      ", numcpus: " numcpus
;; 		      ", normalized effective load: " normalized-effective-load
;; 		      )
;;     
;;     (cond
;;      ;; bad data, try again to get the data
;;      ((and (< first 0) ;; this indicates the loadavg data is bad - machine may not be reachable
;; 	   (> num-tries 0))
;;       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: received bad data from get-cpu-load " first ", we'll sleep 10s and try " num-tries " more times.")
;;       (thread-sleep! 10)
;;       (common:wait-for-cpuload maxload-in numcpus-in waitdelay
;; 			       count: count remote-host: remote-host force-maxload: force-maxload num-tries: (- num-tries 1)))
;;      ;; need to wait for load to drop
;;      ((and will-wait ;; (> first adjmaxload)
;; 	   (> count 0))
;;       (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port*
;; 			"Delaying " 15 ;; adjwait
;; 			" seconds due to normalized effective load " normalized-effective-load ;; first
;; 			" exceeding max of " adjmaxload
;; 			" on server " (or remote-host (get-host-name))
;; 			" (normalized load-limit: " maxload ") " (if msg msg ""))
;;       (thread-sleep! 15) ;; adjwait)
;;       (common:wait-for-cpuload maxload numcpus waitdelay count: (- count 1) msg: msg remote-host: remote-host))
;;      ((and (> loadjmp (cond
;; 		       (load-jump-limit load-jump-limit)
;; 		       ((> numcpus 8)(/ numcpus 2))
;; 		       ((> numcpus 4)(/ numcpus 1.2))
;; 		       (else 0.5)))
;; 	   (> count 0))
;;       (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "waiting " adjwait " seconds due to possible load jump " loadjmp ". "
;; 			(if msg msg ""))
;;       (thread-sleep! adjwait)
;;       (common:wait-for-cpuload maxload numcpus waitdelay count: (- count 1) msg: msg remote-host: remote-host))
;;      (else
;;       (if (> num-tries 0)
;; 	  (if (common:low-noise-print 30 (conc (round first) "-load-acceptable-" (or remote-host "localhost")))
;; 	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Load on " (or remote-host "localhost") " is acceptable at " first " continuing."))
;; 	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Load on " (or remote-host "localhost") ", "first" could not be retrieved. Giving up and continuing."))))))
;; 
(define (get-uname . params)
  (let* ((uname-res (process:cmd-run->list (conc "uname " (if (null? params) "-a" (car params)))))
	 (uname #f))
    (if (null? (car uname-res))
	"unknown"
	(caar uname-res))))

(define (realpath x)
  (with-input-from-pipe
   (string-append "readlink -f \""x"\"")
   read-line))

;; for reasons I don't understand multiple calls to real-path in parallel threads
;; must be protected by mutexes
;;
(define (common:real-path inpath)
  ;; (process:cmd-run-with-stderr->list "readlink" "-f" inpath)) ;; cmd . params)
  ;; (let-values 
  ;;  (((inp oup pid) (process "readlink" (list "-f" inpath))))
  ;;  (with-input-from-port inp
  ;;    (let loop ((inl (read-line))
  ;;       	(res #f))
  ;;      (print "inl=" inl)
  ;;      (if (eof-object? inl)
  ;;          (begin
  ;;            (close-input-port inp)
  ;;            (close-output-port oup)
  ;;            ;; (process-wait pid)
  ;;            res)
  ;;          (loop (read-line) inl))))))
  (with-input-from-pipe (conc "readlink -f " inpath) read-line))

;;======================================================================
;; D I S K   S P A C E 
;;======================================================================

(define (common:get-disk-space-used fpath)
  (with-input-from-pipe (conc "/usr/bin/du -s " fpath) read))

;;======================================================================
;; given path get free space, allows override in [setup]
;; with free-space-script /path/to/some/script.sh
;;
(define (get-df path)
  (if (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "free-space-script")
      (with-input-from-pipe 
       (conc (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "free-space-script") " " path)
       (lambda ()
	 (let ((res (read-line)))
	   (if (string? res)
	       (string->number res)))))
      (get-unix-df path)))

(define (get-free-inodes path)
  (if (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "free-inodes-script")
      (with-input-from-pipe 
	  (conc (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "free-inodes-script") " " path)
	(lambda ()
	  (let ((res (read-line)))
	    (if (string? res)
		(string->number res)))))
      (get-unix-inodes path)))

(define (get-unix-df path)
  (let* ((df-results (process:cmd-run->list (conc "df " path)))
	 (space-rx   (regexp "([0-9]+)\\s+([0-9]+)%"))
	 (freespc    #f))
    ;; (write df-results)
    (for-each (lambda (l)
		(let ((match (string-search space-rx l)))
		  (if match 
		      (let ((newval (string->number (cadr match))))
			(if (number? newval)
			    (set! freespc newval))))))
	      (car df-results))
    freespc))

(define (get-unix-inodes path)
  (let* ((df-results (process:cmd-run->list (conc "df -i " path)))
	 (space-rx   (regexp "([0-9]+)\\s+([0-9]+)%"))
	 (freenodes    0)) ;; 0 is a better failsafe than #f here.
    ;; (write df-results)
    (for-each (lambda (l)
		(let ((match (string-search space-rx l)))
		  (if match 
		      (let ((newval (string->number (cadr match))))
			(if (number? newval)
			    (set! freenodes newval))))))
	      (car df-results))
    freenodes))

(define (common:check-space-in-dir dirpath required)
  (let* ((dbspace  (if (directory? dirpath)
		       (get-df dirpath)
		       0)))
    (list (> dbspace required)
	  dbspace
	  required
	  dirpath)))

;;======================================================================
;; check space in dbdir and in megatest dir
;; returns: ok/not dbspace required-space
;;
(define (common:check-db-dir-space)
  (let* ((required (string->number 
                    ;; default is 1GB (or actually a billion bytes) This is the number of 1 kB blocks.
		    (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "dbdir-space-required")
			"1000000")))
	 (dbdir    (common:get-db-tmp-area)) ;; (db:get-dbdir))
	 (tdbspace (common:check-space-in-dir dbdir required))
	 (mdbspace (common:check-space-in-dir *toppath* required)))
    (sort (list tdbspace mdbspace) (lambda (a b)
				     (< (cadr a)(cadr b))))))

;;======================================================================
;; check available space in dbdir, exit if insufficient
;;
(define (common:check-db-dir-and-exit-if-insufficient)
  (let* ((spacedat (car (common:check-db-dir-space))) ;; look only at worst for now
	 (is-ok    (car spacedat))
	 (dbspace  (cadr spacedat))
	 (required (caddr spacedat))
	 (dbdir    (cadddr spacedat)))
    (if (not is-ok)
	(begin
	  (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Insufficient space in " dbdir ", require " required ", have " dbspace  ", exiting now.")
	  (exit 1)))))

;;======================================================================
;; paths is list of lists ((name path) ... )
;;
(define (common:get-disk-with-most-free-space disks minsize)
  (let* ((best     #f)
	(bestsize 0)
        (default-min-inodes-string "1000000")
        (default-min-inodes (string->number default-min-inodes-string))
        (min-inodes (or (string->number (if (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "min_inodes") (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "min_inodes") default-min-inodes-string)) default-min-inodes)))

    (for-each 
     (lambda (disk-num)
       (let* ((dirpath    (cadr (assoc disk-num disks)))
	      (freespc    (cond
			   ((not (directory? dirpath))
			    (if (common:low-noise-print 300 "disks not a dir " disk-num)
				(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: disk " disk-num " at path \"" dirpath "\" is not a directory - ignoring it."))
			    -1)
			   ((not (file-writable? dirpath))
			    (if (common:low-noise-print 300 "disks not writeable " disk-num)
				(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: disk " disk-num " at path \"" dirpath "\" is not writeable - ignoring it."))
			    -1)
			   ((not (eq? (string-ref dirpath 0) #\/))
			    (if (common:low-noise-print 300 "disks not a proper path " disk-num)
				(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: disk " disk-num " at path \"" dirpath "\" is not a fully qualified path - ignoring it."))
			    -1)
			   (else
			    (get-df dirpath))))
	      (free-inodes (cond
			   ((not (directory? dirpath))
			    (if (common:low-noise-print 300 "disks not a dir " disk-num)
				(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: disk " disk-num " at path \"" dirpath "\" is not a directory - ignoring it."))
			    -1)
			   ((not (file-writable? dirpath))
			    (if (common:low-noise-print 300 "disks not writeable " disk-num)
				(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: disk " disk-num " at path \"" dirpath "\" is not writeable - ignoring it."))
			    -1)
			   ((not (eq? (string-ref dirpath 0) #\/))
			    (if (common:low-noise-print 300 "disks not a proper path " disk-num)
				(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: disk " disk-num " at path \"" dirpath "\" is not a fully qualified path - ignoring it."))
			    -1)
			   (else
			    (get-free-inodes dirpath))))
             ;;(free-inodes (get-free-inodes dirpath))
             )
             (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "INFO: disk " disk-num " path " dirpath " free space " freespc " free inodes " free-inodes)
	 (if (and (> freespc bestsize)(> free-inodes min-inodes ))
	     (begin
	       (set! best     (cons disk-num dirpath))
	       (set! bestsize freespc)))
        ;;(print "Processing: " disk-num " bestsize: " bestsize " best: " best " freespc: " freespc " min-inodes: " min-inodes " free-inodes: " free-inodes)
      ))
     (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))
    (if (string-match "^.*/isoenv-core/.*" path)
        (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* (conc msg" : !!ISOENV PRESENT!!")) ;; remove for prod
        (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* (conc msg" : **no isoenv present**")))))
	      
(define (save-environment-as-files fname #!key (ignorevars (list "USER" "HOME" "DISPLAY" "LS_COLORS" "XKEYSYMDB" "EDITOR" "MAKEFLAGS" "MAKEF" "MAKEOVERRIDES")))
  ;;(bb-check-path msg: "save-environment-as-files entry")
  (let ((envvars (get-environment-variables))
        (whitesp (regexp "[^a-zA-Z0-9_\\-:,\\.\\/%$]"))
	(mungeval (lambda (val)
		    (cond
		     ((eq? val #t) "") ;; convert #t to empty string
		     ((eq? val #f) #f) ;; convert #f to itself (still thinking about this one
		     (else val)))))
    (with-output-to-file (conc fname ".csh")
       (lambda ()
          (for-each (lambda (keyval)
		      (let* ((key   (car keyval))
			     (val   (cdr keyval))
			     (delim (if (string-search whitesp val) 
					"\""
					"")))
			(print (if (or (member key ignorevars)
				       (string-search whitesp key))
				   "# setenv "
				   "setenv ")
			       key " " delim (mungeval val) delim)))
		    envvars)))
     (with-output-to-file (conc fname ".sh")
       (lambda ()
          (for-each (lambda (keyval)
		      (let* ((key (car keyval))
			     (val (cdr keyval))
			     (delim (if (string-search whitesp val) 
					"\""
					"")))
			(print (if (or (member key ignorevars)
				       (string-search whitesp key)
				       (string-search ":" key)) ;; internal only values to be skipped.
				   "# export "
				   "export ")
			       key "=" delim (mungeval val) delim)))
                    envvars)))))

(define (common:get-param-mapping #!key (flavor #f))
  "returns alist mapping string keys in testconfig/subrun to megatest command line switches; if flavor is switch-symbol, maps tcmt symbolic switches to megatest switches"
  (let ((default '(("tag-expr"  . "-tagexpr")
                   ("mode-patt" . "-modepatt")
                   ("run-name"  . "-runname")
                   ("contour"   . "-contour")
                   ("target"    . "-target")
                   ("test-patt" . "-testpatt")
                   ("msg"       . "-m")
                   ("log"       . "-log")
                   ("start-dir" . "-start-dir")
                   ("new"       . "-set-state-status"))))
    (if (eq? flavor 'switch-symbol)
        (map (lambda (x)
               (cons (string->symbol (conc "-" (car x))) (cdr x)))
             default)
        default)))

;;======================================================================
;; set some env vars from an alist, return an alist with original values
;; (("VAR" "value") ...)
;; a value of #f means "unset this var"
;;
(define (alist->env-vars lst)
  (if (list? lst)
      (let ((res '()))
	(for-each (lambda (p)
		    (let* ((var (car  p))
			   (val (cadr p))
			   (prv (get-environment-variable var)))
		      (set! res (cons (list var prv) res))
		      (if val 
			  (safe-setenv var (->string val))
			  (unset-environment-variable! var))))
		  lst)
	res)
      '()))

;;======================================================================
;; clear vars matching pattern, run proc, set vars back
;; if proc is a string run that string as a command with
;; system.
;;
(define (get-the-original-environment) ;; *common:orig-env*
  (let ((envvars (get-environment-variables)))
    (if (get-environment-variable "MT_ORIG_ENV")
        (with-input-from-string
            (z3:decode-buffer (base64:base64-decode (get-environment-variable "MT_ORIG_ENV")))
          read)
        (filter-map (lambda (x)
                      (if (string-match "^MT_.*" (car x))
                          #f
                          x))
                    envvars))))

(define (common:with-orig-env proc)
  (let  ((current-env (get-environment-variables)))
    (for-each (lambda (x) (unset-environment-variable! (car x)))             current-env)
    (for-each (lambda (x) (set-environment-variable! (car x) (cdr x))) (bdat-orig-env *bdat*)) 
    (let ((rv (cond
               ((string? proc)(system proc))
               (proc          (proc)))))
      (for-each (lambda (x) (unset-environment-variable! (car x))) (bdat-orig-env *bdat*))
      (for-each (lambda (x) (set-environment-variable! (car x) (cdr x))) current-env)
      rv)))

(define (common:without-vars proc . var-patts)
  (let ((vars (make-hash-table)))
    (for-each
     (lambda (vardat) ;; each env var
       (for-each
	(lambda (var-patt)
	  (if (string-match var-patt (car vardat))
	      (let ((var (car vardat))
		    (val (cdr vardat)))
		(hash-table-set! vars var val)
		(unset-environment-variable! var))))
	var-patts))
     (get-environment-variables))
    (cond
     ((string? proc)(system proc))
     (proc          (proc)))
    (hash-table-for-each
     vars
     (lambda (var val)
       (set-environment-variable! var val)))
    vars))

(define (common:run-a-command cmd #!key (with-vars #f) (with-orig-env #f))
  (let* ((pre-cmd  (dtests:get-pre-command))
         (post-cmd (dtests:get-post-command))
         (fullcmd  (if (or pre-cmd post-cmd)
                       (conc pre-cmd cmd post-cmd)
                       (conc "viewscreen " cmd))))
    (debug:print-info 02 *default-log-port* "Running command: " fullcmd)
    (cond
     (with-vars     (common:without-vars  fullcmd))
     (with-orig-env (common:with-orig-env fullcmd))
     (else          (common:without-vars  fullcmd "MT_.*")))))
		  
;;======================================================================
;; T I M E   A N D   D A T E
;;======================================================================

;;======================================================================
;; Convert strings like "5s 2h 3m" => 60x60x2 + 3x60 + 5
(define (common:hms-string->seconds tstr)
  (let ((parts     (string-split-fields "\\w+" tstr))
	(time-secs 0)
	;; s=seconds, m=minutes, h=hours, d=days, M=months, y=years, w=weeks
	(trx       (regexp "(\\d+)([smhdMyw])")))
    (for-each (lambda (part)
		(let ((match  (string-match trx part)))
		  (if match
		      (let ((val (string->number (cadr match)))
			    (unt (caddr match)))
			(if val 
			    (set! time-secs (+ time-secs (* val
							    (case (string->symbol unt)
							      ((s) 1)
							      ((m) 60) ;; minutes
							      ((h) 3600)
							      ((d) 86400)
							      ((w) 604800)
							      ((M) 2628000) ;; aproximately one month
							      ((y) 31536000)
							      (else #f))))))))))
	      parts)
    time-secs))
		       
(define (seconds->hr-min-sec secs)
  (let* ((hrs (quotient secs 3600))
	 (min (quotient (- secs (* hrs 3600)) 60))
	 (sec (- secs (* hrs 3600)(* min 60))))
    (conc (if (> hrs 0)(conc hrs "hr ") "")
	  (if (> min 0)(conc min "m ")  "")
	  sec "s")))

(define (seconds->time-string sec)
  (time->string 
   (seconds->local-time sec) "%H:%M:%S"))

(define (seconds->work-week/day-time sec)
  (time->string
   (seconds->local-time sec) "ww%V.%u %H:%M"))

(define (seconds->work-week/day sec)
  (time->string
   (seconds->local-time sec) "ww%V.%u"))

(define (seconds->year-work-week/day sec)
  (time->string
   (seconds->local-time sec) "%yww%V.%w"))

(define (seconds->year-work-week/day-time-fname sec)
  (time->string
   (seconds->local-time sec) "%yww%V.%w.%H%M%S"))

(define (seconds->year-work-week/day-time sec)
  (time->string
   (seconds->local-time sec) "%Yww%V.%w %H:%M"))

(define (seconds->year-week/day-time sec)
  (time->string
   (seconds->local-time sec) "%Yw%V.%w %H:%M"))

(define (seconds->quarter sec)
  (case (string->number
	 (time->string 
	  (seconds->local-time sec)
	  "%m"))
    ((1 2 3) 1)
    ((4 5 6) 2)
    ((7 8 9) 3)
    ((10 11 12) 4)
    (else #f)))

;;======================================================================
;; basic ISO8601 format (e.g. "2017-02-28 06:02:54") date time => Unix epoch
;;
(define (common:date-time->seconds datetime)
  (local-time->seconds (string->time datetime "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")))

;;======================================================================
;; given span of seconds tstart to tend
;; find start time to mark and mark delta
;;
(define (common:find-start-mark-and-mark-delta tstart tend)
  (let* ((deltat   (- (max tend (+ tend 10)) tstart)) ;; can't handle runs of less than 4 seconds. Pad it to 10 seconds ...
	 (result   #f)
	 (min      60)
	 (hr       (* 60 60))
	 (day      (* 24 hr))
	 (yr       (* 365 day)) ;; year
	 (mo       (/ yr 12))
	 (wk       (* day 7)))
    (for-each
     (lambda (max-blks)
       (for-each
	(lambda (span) ;; 5 2 1
	  (if (not result)
	      (for-each 
	       (lambda (timeunit timesym) ;; year month day hr min sec
		 (if (not result)
		     (let* ((time-blk (* span timeunit))
			    (num-blks (quotient deltat time-blk)))
		       (if (and (> num-blks 4)(< num-blks max-blks))
			   (let ((first (* (quotient tstart time-blk) time-blk)))
			     (set! result (list span timeunit time-blk first timesym))
			     )))))
	       (list yr mo wk day hr min 1)
	       '(     y  mo w  d   h  m   s))))
	(list 8 6 5 2 1)))
     '(5 10 15 20 30 40 50 500))
    (if values
	(apply values result)
	(values 0 day 1 0 'd))))

;;======================================================================
;; given x y lim return the cron expansion
;;
(define (common:expand-cron-slash x y lim)
  (let loop ((curr x)
	     (res  `()))
    (if (< curr lim)
	(loop (+ curr y) (cons curr res))
	(reverse res))))

;;======================================================================
;; expand a complex cron string to a list of cron strings
;;
;;  x/y   => x, x+y, x+2y, x+3y while x+Ny<max_for_field
;;  a,b,c => a, b ,c
;;
;;   NOTE: with flatten a lot of the crud below can be factored down.
;;
(define (common:cron-expand cron-str)
  (if (list? cron-str)
      (flatten
       (fold (lambda (x res)
	       (if (list? x)
		   (let ((newres (map common:cron-expand x)))
		     (append x newres))
		   (cons x res)))
	     '()
	     cron-str)) ;; (map common:cron-expand cron-str))
      (let ((cron-items (string-split cron-str))
	    (slash-rx   (regexp "(\\d+)/(\\d+)"))
	    (comma-rx   (regexp ".*,.*"))
	    (max-vals   '((min        . 60)
			  (hour       . 24)
			  (dayofmonth . 28) ;;; BUG!!!! This will be a bug for some combinations
			  (month      . 12)
			  (dayofweek  . 7))))
	(if (< (length cron-items) 5) ;; bad spec
	    cron-str ;; `(,cron-str)              ;; just return the string, something downstream will fix it
	    (let loop ((hed  (car cron-items))
		       (tal  (cdr cron-items))
		       (type 'min)
		       (type-tal '(hour dayofmonth month dayofweek))
		       (res  '()))
	      (regex-case
		  hed
		(slash-rx ( _ base incr ) (let* ((basen          (string->number base))
						 (incrn          (string->number incr))
						 (expanded-vals  (common:expand-cron-slash basen incrn (alist-ref type max-vals)))
						 (new-list-crons (fold (lambda (x myres)
									 (cons (conc (if (null? res)
											 ""
											 (conc (string-intersperse res " ") " "))
										     x " " (string-intersperse tal " "))
									       myres))
								       '() expanded-vals)))
					    ;; (print "new-list-crons: " new-list-crons)
					    ;; (fold (lambda (x res)
					    ;; 	    (if (list? x)
					    ;; 		(let ((newres (map common:cron-expand x)))
					    ;; 		  (append x newres))
					    ;; 		(cons x res)))
					    ;; 	  '()
					    (flatten (map common:cron-expand new-list-crons))))
		;;					    (map common:cron-expand (map common:cron-expand new-list-crons))))
		(else (if (null? tal)
			  cron-str
			  (loop (car tal)(cdr tal)(car type-tal)(cdr type-tal)(append res (list hed)))))))))))

;;======================================================================
;; given a cron string and the last time event was processed return #t to run or #f to not run
;;
;;  min    hour   dayofmonth month  dayofweek
;; 0-59    0-23   1-31       1-12   0-6          ### NOTE: dayofweek does not include 7
;;
;;  #t => yes, run the job
;;  #f => no, do not run the job
;;
(define (common:cron-event cron-str now-seconds-in last-done) ;; ref-seconds = #f is NOW.
  (let* ((cron-items     (map string->number (string-split cron-str)))
	 (now-seconds    (or now-seconds-in (current-seconds)))
	 (now-time       (seconds->local-time now-seconds))
	 (last-done-time (seconds->local-time last-done))
	 (all-times      (make-hash-table)))
    ;; (print "cron-items: " cron-items "(length cron-items): " (length cron-items))
    (if (not (eq? (length cron-items) 5)) ;; don't even try to figure out junk strings
	#f
	(match-let (((     cmin chour cdayofmonth cmonth    cdayofweek)
		     cron-items)
		    ;; 0     1    2        3         4    5      6
		    ((nsec nmin nhour ndayofmonth nmonth nyr ndayofweek n7 n8 n9)
		     (vector->list now-time))
		    ((lsec lmin lhour ldayofmonth lmonth lyr ldayofweek l7 l8 l9)
		     (vector->list last-done-time)))
	  ;; create all possible time slots
	  ;; remove invalid slots due to (for example) day of week
	  ;; get the start and end entries for the ref-seconds (current) time
	  ;; if last-done > ref-seconds => this is an ERROR!
	  ;; does the last-done time fall in the legit region?
	  ;;    yes => #f  do not run again this command
	  ;;    no  => #t  ok to run the command
	  (for-each ;; month
	   (lambda (month)
	     (for-each ;; dayofmonth
	      (lambda (dom)
		(for-each
		 (lambda (hr) ;; hour
		   (for-each
		    (lambda (minute) ;; minute
		      (let ((copy-now (apply vector (vector->list now-time))))
			(vector-set! copy-now 0 0) ;; force seconds to zero
			(vector-set! copy-now 1 minute)
			(vector-set! copy-now 2 hr)
			(vector-set! copy-now 3 dom)  ;; dom is already corrected for zero referenced
			(vector-set! copy-now 4 month)
			(let* ((copy-now-secs (local-time->seconds copy-now))
			       (new-copy      (seconds->local-time copy-now-secs))) ;; remake the time vector
			  (if (or (not cdayofweek)
				  (equal? (vector-ref new-copy 6)
					  cdayofweek)) ;; if the day is specified and a match OR if the day is NOT specified
			      (if (or (not cdayofmonth)
				      (equal? (vector-ref new-copy 3)
					      (+ 1 cdayofmonth))) ;; if the month is specified and a match OR if the month is NOT specified
				  (hash-table-set! all-times copy-now-secs new-copy))))))
		    (if cmin
			`(,cmin)  ;; if given cmin, have to use it
			(list (- nmin 1) nmin (+ nmin 1))))) ;; minute
		 (if chour
		     `(,chour)
		     (list (- nhour 1) nhour (+ nhour 1))))) ;; hour
	      (if cdayofmonth
		  `(,cdayofmonth)
		  (list (- ndayofmonth 1) ndayofmonth (+ ndayofmonth 1)))))
	   (if cmonth
	       `(,cmonth)
	       (list (- nmonth 1) nmonth (+ nmonth 1))))
	  (let ((before #f)
		(is-in  #f))
	    (for-each
	     (lambda (moment)
	       (if (and before
			(<= before now-seconds)
			(>= moment now-seconds))
		   (begin
		     ;; (print)
		     ;; (print "Before: " (time->string (seconds->local-time before)))
		     ;; (print "Now:    " (time->string (seconds->local-time now-seconds)))
		     ;; (print "After:  " (time->string (seconds->local-time moment)))
		     ;; (print "Last:   " (time->string (seconds->local-time last-done)))
		     (if (<  last-done before)
			 (set! is-in before))
		     ))
	       (set! before moment))
	     (sort (hash-table-keys all-times) <))
	    is-in)))))

(define (common:extended-cron  cron-str now-seconds-in last-done)
  (let ((expanded-cron (common:cron-expand cron-str)))
    (if (string? expanded-cron)
	(common:cron-event expanded-cron now-seconds-in last-done)
	(let loop ((hed (car expanded-cron))
		   (tal (cdr expanded-cron)))
	  (if (common:cron-event hed now-seconds-in last-done)
	      #t
	      (if (null? tal)
		  #f
		  (loop (car tal)(cdr tal))))))))

;;======================================================================
;; C O L O R S
;;======================================================================
      
(define (common:name->iup-color name)
  (case (string->symbol (string-downcase name))
    ((red)    "223 33 49")
    ((grey)   "192 192 192")
    ((orange) "255 172 13")
    ((purple) "This is unfinished ...")))

;;======================================================================
;; (define (common:get-color-for-state-status state status)
;;   (case (string->symbol state)
;;     ((COMPLETED)
;;      (case (string->symbol status)
;;        ((PASS)        "70  249 73")
;;        ((WARN WAIVED) "255 172 13")
;;        ((SKIP)        "230 230 0")
;;        (else "223 33 49")))
;;     ((LAUNCHED)         "101 123 142")
;;     ((CHECK)            "255 100 50")
;;     ((REMOTEHOSTSTART)  "50  130 195")
;;     ((RUNNING)          "9   131 232")
;;     ((KILLREQ)          "39  82  206")
;;     ((KILLED)           "234 101 17")
;;     ((NOT_STARTED)      "240 240 240")
;;     (else               "192 192 192")))

(define (common:iup-color->rgb-hex instr)
  (string-intersperse 
   (map (lambda (x)
          (number->string x 16))
        (map string->number
             (string-split instr)))
   "/"))

;;======================================================================
;; L O C K I N G   M E C H A N I S M S 
;;======================================================================

;; common:faux-lock was here

;; common:simple-lock was here

;;======================================================================
;;
;;======================================================================

(define (common:in-running-test?)
  (and (args:get-arg "-execute") (get-environment-variable "MT_CMDINFO")))

(define (common:get-color-from-status status)
  (cond
   ((equal? status "PASS")    "green")
   ((equal? status "FAIL")    "red")
   ((equal? status "WARN")    "orange")
   ((equal? status "KILLED")  "orange")
   ((equal? status "KILLREQ") "purple")
   ((equal? status "RUNNING") "blue")
   ((equal? status "ABORT")   "brown")
   (else "black")))

;; common:get-launcher was here

;;======================================================================
;; NMSG AND NEW API
;;======================================================================
;; 
;; ;;======================================================================
;; ;; nm based server experiment, keep around for now.
;; ;;
;; (define (nm:start-server dbconn #!key (given-host-name #f))
;;   (let* ((srvdat    (start-raw-server given-host-name: given-host-name))
;; 	 (host-name (srvdat-host srvdat))
;; 	 (soc       (srvdat-soc srvdat)))
;;     
;;     ;; start the queue processor (save for second round of development)
;;     ;;
;;     (thread-start! (make-thread! (lambda ()(queue-processor dbconn) "Queue processor")))
;;     ;; msg is an alist
;;     ;;  'r host:port  <== where to return the data
;;     ;;  'p params     <== data to apply the command to
;;     ;;  'e j|s|l      <== encoding of the params. default is s (sexp), if not specified is assumed to be default
;;     ;;  'c command    <== look up the function to call using this key
;;     ;;
;;     (let loop ((msg-in (nn-recv soc)))
;;       (if (not (equal? msg-in "quit"))
;; 	  (let* ((dat        (decode msg-in))
;; 		 (host-port  (alist-ref 'r dat)) ;; this is for the reverse req rep where the server is a client of the original client
;; 		 (params     (alist-ref 'p dat))
;; 		 (command    (let ((c (alist-ref 'c dat)))(if c (string->symbol c) #f)))
;; 		 (all-good   (and host-port params command (hash-table-exists? *commands* command))))
;; 	    (if all-good
;; 		(let ((cmddat (make-qitem
;; 			       command:   command
;; 			       host-port: host-port
;; 			       params:    params)))
;; 		  (queue-push cmddat) 		;; put request into the queue
;; 		  (nn-send soc "queued"))         ;; reply with "queued"
;; 		(print "ERROR: ["(common:human-time)"] BAD request " dat))
;; 	    (loop (nn-recv soc)))))
;;     (nn-close soc)))

;;======================================================================
;; D A S H B O A R D   U S E R   V I E W S
;;======================================================================

;;======================================================================
;; first read ~/views.config if it exists, then read $MTRAH/views.config if it exists
;;
(define (common:load-views-config)
  (let* ((view-cfgdat    (make-hash-table))
	 (home-cfgfile   (conc (get-environment-variable "HOME") "/.mtviews.config"))
	 (mthome-cfgfile (conc *toppath* "/.mtviews.config")))
    (if (common:file-exists? mthome-cfgfile)
	(configf:read-config mthome-cfgfile view-cfgdat #t))
    ;; we load the home dir file AFTER the MTRAH file so the user can clobber settings when running the dashboard in read-only areas
    (if (common:file-exists? home-cfgfile)
	(configf:read-config home-cfgfile view-cfgdat #t))
    view-cfgdat))

;;======================================================================
;; H I E R A R C H I C A L   H A S H   T A B L E S
;;======================================================================
;;
;; Every element including top element is a vector:
;;   <vector subhash value>

(define (hh:make-hh #!key (ht #f)(value #f))
  (vector (or ht    (make-hash-table)) value))

;;======================================================================
;; used internally
(define-inline (hh:set-ht! hh ht)       (vector-set! hh 0 ht))
(define-inline (hh:get-ht hh)           (vector-ref  hh 0))
(define-inline (hh:set-value! hh value) (vector-set! hh 1 value))
(define-inline (hh:get-value  hh value) (vector-ref  hh 1))

;;======================================================================
;; given a hierarchial hash and some keys look up the value ...
;;
(define (hh:get hh . keys)
  (if (null? keys)
      (vector-ref hh 1) ;; we have reached the end of the line, return the value sought
      (let ((sub-ht (hh:get-ht hh)))
	(if sub-ht ;; yes, there is more hierarchy
	    (let ((sub-hh (hash-table-ref/default sub-ht (car keys) #f)))
	      (if sub-hh
		  (apply hh:get sub-hh (cdr keys))
		  #f))
	    #f))))

;;======================================================================
;; given a hierarchial hash, a value and some keys, add needed hierarcy and insert the value
;;
(define (hh:set! hh value . keys)
  (if (null? keys)
      (hh:set-value! hh value) ;; we have reached the end of the line, store the value
      (let ((sub-ht (hh:get-ht hh)))
	(if sub-ht ;; yes, there is more hierarchy
	    (let ((sub-hh (hash-table-ref/default sub-ht (car keys) #f)))
	      (if (not sub-hh) ;; we'll need to add the next level of hierarchy
		  (let ((new-sub-hh (hh:make-hh)))
		    (hash-table-set! sub-ht (car keys) new-sub-hh)
		    (apply hh:set! new-sub-hh value (cdr keys)))
		  (apply hh:set! sub-hh value (cdr keys))))    ;; call the sub-hierhash with remaining keys
	    (begin
	      (hh:set-ht! hh (make-hash-table))
	      (apply hh:set! hh value keys))))))

;;======================================================================
;; Manage pkts, used in servers, tests and likely other contexts so put
;; in common
;;======================================================================

(define common:pkts-spec
  '((default . ((parent    . P)
                (action    . a)
                (filename  . f)))
    (configf . ((parent    . P)
                (action    . a)
                (filename  . f)))
    (server  . ((action    . a)
		(pid       . d)
		(ipaddr    . i)
		(port      . p)
		(parent    . P)))
    			  
    (test    . ((cpuuse    . c)
		(diskuse   . d)
		(item-path . i)
		(runname   . r)
		(state     . s)
		(target    . t)
		(status    . u)
		(parent    . P)))))

(define (common:get-pkts-dirs mtconf use-lt)
  (let* ((pktsdirs-str (or (configf:lookup mtconf "setup"  "pktsdirs")
			   (and use-lt
				(conc (or *toppath*
					  (current-directory))
				      "/lt/.pkts"))))
	 (pktsdirs  (if pktsdirs-str
			(string-split pktsdirs-str " ")
			#f)))
    pktsdirs))

;;======================================================================
;; use-lt is use linktree "lt" link to find pkts dir
(define (common:save-pkt pktalist-in mtconf use-lt #!key (add-only #f)) ;; add-only saves the pkt only if there is a parent already
  (if (or add-only
	  (hash-table-exists? *pkts-info* 'last-parent))
      (let* ((parent   (hash-table-ref/default *pkts-info* 'last-parent #f))
	     (pktalist (if parent
			   (cons `(parent . ,parent)
				 pktalist-in)
			   pktalist-in)))
	(let-values (((uuid pkt)
		      (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 ", exn=" exn) ;; 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)))))))))

;;======================================================================
;; use-lt is use linktree "lt" link to find pkts dir
(define (common:minimal-save-pkt pktalist pktsdir)
  (let-values (((uuid pkt)
		(alist->pkt pktalist common:pkts-spec)))
    (handle-exceptions
     exn
     (debug:print-info 0 "failed to write out packet to " pktsdir ", exn=" exn) ;; 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))))))

;; common:with-queue-db was here
;; common:load-pkts-to-db was here

(define (common:get-pkt-alists pkts)
  (map (lambda (x)
	 (alist-ref 'apkt x)) ;; 'pkta pulls out the alist from the read pkt
       pkts))

;;======================================================================
;; given list of pkts (alist mode) return list of D cards as Unix epoch, sorted descending
;; also delete duplicates by target i.e. (car pkt)
;;
(define (common:get-pkt-times pkts)
  (delete-duplicates
   (sort 
    (map (lambda (x)
	   `(,(alist-ref 't x) . ,(string->number (alist-ref 'D x))))
	 pkts)
    (lambda (a b)(> (cdr a)(cdr b))))      ;; sort descending
   (lambda (a b)(equal? (car a)(car b))))) ;; remove duplicates by target

;; common:with-env-vars was here

(define (common:send-thunk-to-background-thread thunk #!key (name #f))
  ;;(BB> "launched thread " name)
  ;; we need a unique name for the thread.
  (let* ((realname (if name
                       (if (not (hash-table-ref/default *common:thread-punchlist* name #f))
                           name
                           (conc name"-" (symbol->string (gensym))))
                       (conc "anonymous-"(symbol->string (gensym)))))
         (realthunk (lambda ()
                      (let ((res (thunk)))
                        (hash-table-delete! *common:thread-punchlist* realname)
                        res)))
         (thread   (make-thread realthunk realname)))
    (hash-table-set! *common:thread-punchlist* realname thread)
    (thread-start! thread)
    ))

(define (common:join-backgrounded-threads)
  ;; may need to trap and ignore exceptions -- dunno how atomic threads are...
  (for-each
   (lambda (thread-name)
     (let* ((thread (hash-table-ref/default *common:thread-punchlist* thread-name #f)))
       (if thread
           (handle-exceptions
               exn
	     (begin
	       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "joining threads failed. exn=" exn)
               #t) ;; just ignore it, it might have died in the meantime so joining it will throw an exception
             (thread-join! thread))
           )))
   (hash-table-keys *common:thread-punchlist*)))

(define (dtests:get-pre-command #!key (default-override #f))
  (let* ((orig-pre-command "export CMD='")
         (viewscreen-pre-command  "viewscreen ")
         (use-viewscreen (configf:lookup *configdat* "dashboard" "use-viewscreen"))
         (default-pre-command (if use-viewscreen viewscreen-pre-command orig-pre-command))
         (cfg-ovrd (configf:lookup *configdat* "dashboard" "pre-command")))
    (or cfg-ovrd default-override default-pre-command))) ;; "xterm -geometry 180x20 -e \""))

  
(define (dtests:get-post-command #!key (default-override #f))
  (let* ((orig-post-command (conc "';xterm -geometry 180x20 -e \"(echo; echo -n START:;date +ww%U.%w-$H:%M:%S;echo;echo $CMD;echo;$CMD)|&"
                                 "tee -a runlog-`date +ww%U.%w-%H:%M`.log;echo Press any key to continue;bash -c 'read -n 1 -s'\" &"))
         (viewscreen-post-command  "")
         (use-viewscreen (configf:lookup *configdat* "dashboard" "use-viewscreen"))
         (default-post-command (if use-viewscreen viewscreen-post-command orig-post-command))
         (cfg-ovrd (configf:lookup *configdat* "dashboard" "post-command")))
    (or cfg-ovrd default-override default-post-command))) ;; ";echo Press any key to continue;bash -c 'read -n 1 -s'\" &")))

;;======================================================================
;; (define *common:telemetry-log-state* 'startup)
;; (define *common:telemetry-log-socket* #f)
;; 
;; (define (common:telemetry-log-open)
;;   (if (eq? *common:telemetry-log-state* 'startup)
;;       (let* ((serverhost (configf:lookup *configdat* "telemetry" "host"))
;;              (serverport (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "telemetry" "port"))
;;              (user (or (get-environment-variable "USER") "unknown"))
;;              (host (or (get-environment-variable "HOST") "unknown")))
;;         (set! *common:telemetry-log-state*
;;               (handle-exceptions
;;                exn
;;                (begin
;;                  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "common-telemetry-log open udp port failure")
;;                  'broken)
;;                (if (and serverhost serverport user host)
;;                    (let* ((s (udp-open-socket)))
;;                      ;;(udp-bind! s #f 0)
;;                      (udp-connect! s serverhost serverport)
;;                      (set! *common:telemetry-log-socket* s)
;;                      'open)
;;                    'not-needed))))))
;;   
;; (define (common:telemetry-log event #!key (payload '()))
;;   (if (eq? *common:telemetry-log-state* 'startup)
;;       (common:telemetry-log-open))
;; 
;;   (if (eq? 'open *common:telemetry-log-state*)
;;       (handle-exceptions
;;        exn
;;        (begin
;;          (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "common-telemetry-log comms failure ; disabled (no server?)")
;;          ;;(define *common:telemetry-log-state* 'broken-or-no-server-preclose)
;;          ;;(common:telemetry-log-close)
;;          (define *common:telemetry-log-state* 'broken-or-no-server)
;;          (set! *common:telemetry-log-socket* #f)
;;          )
;;        (if (and *common:telemetry-log-socket* event) ;; TODO - filter on event against telemetry.want-events
;;            (let* ((user (or (get-environment-variable "USER") "unknown"))
;;                   (host (or (get-environment-variable "HOST") "unknown"))
;;                   (start (conc "[megatest "event"]"))
;;                   (toppath (or *toppath* "/dev/null"))
;;                   (payload-serialized
;;                    (base64:base64-encode
;;                     (z3:encode-buffer
;;                      (with-output-to-string (lambda () (pp payload))))))
;;                   (msg     (conc user":"host":"start":"(current-process-id)":"(car (argv))":"
;;                                  toppath":"payload-serialized)))
;;              (udp-send *common:telemetry-log-socket* msg))))))
;;   
;; (define (common:telemetry-log-close)
;;   (when (or (member *common:telemetry-log-state* '(broken-or-no-server-preclose open)) *common:telemetry-log-socket*)
;;     (handle-exceptions
;;      exn
;;      (begin
;;        (define *common:telemetry-log-state* 'closed-fail)
;;        (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "common-telemetry-log closure failure")
;;        )
;;      (begin
;;        (define *common:telemetry-log-state* 'closed)
;;        (udp-close-socket *common:telemetry-log-socket*)
;;        (set! *common:telemetry-log-socket* #f)))))

;;======================================================================
;; test patt stuff
;;======================================================================

;; make a query (fieldname like 'patt1' OR fieldname 
(define (db:patt->like fieldname pattstr #!key (comparator " OR "))
  (let ((patts (if (string? pattstr)
		   (string-split pattstr ",")
		   '("%"))))
    (string-intersperse (map (lambda (patt)
			       (let ((wildtype (if (substring-index "%" patt) "LIKE" "GLOB")))
				 (conc fieldname " " wildtype " '" patt "'")))
			     (if (null? patts)
				 '("")
				 patts))
			comparator)))

(define *glob-like-match-cache* (make-hash-table))
(define (tests:cache-regexp str-in flag)
  (let* ((key (conc str-in flag)))
    (or (hash-table-ref/default *glob-like-match-cache* key #f)
	(let* ((newrx (regexp str-in flag)))
	  (hash-table-set! *glob-like-match-cache* key newrx)
	  newrx))))

;; tests:glob-like-match 
(define (tests:glob-like-match patt str) 
  (let* ((like     (substring-index "%" patt))
	 (notpatt  (equal? (substring-index "~" patt) 0))
	 (newpatt  (if notpatt (substring patt 1) patt))
	 (finpatt  (if like
		       (string-substitute (regexp "%") ".*" newpatt #f)
		       (string-substitute (regexp "\\*") ".*" newpatt #f)))
	 (rx       (tests:cache-regexp finpatt (if like #t #f)))
	 (res      (string-match rx str)))
    (if notpatt (not res) res)))

;; if itempath is #f then look only at the testname part
;;
(define (tests:match patterns testname itempath #!key (required '()))
  (if (string? patterns)
      (let ((patts (append (string-split patterns ",") required)))
	(if (null? patts) ;;; no pattern(s) means no match
	    #f
	    (let loop ((patt (car patts))
		       (tal  (cdr patts)))
	      ;; (print "loop: patt: " patt ", tal " tal)
	      (if (string=? patt "")
		  #f ;; nothing ever matches empty string - policy
		  (let* ((patt-parts (string-match (regexp "^([^\\/]*)(\\/(.*)|)$") patt))
			 (test-patt  (cadr patt-parts))
			 (item-patt  (cadddr patt-parts)))
		    ;; special case: test vs. test/
		    ;;   test  => "test" "%"
		    ;;   test/ => "test" ""
		    (if (and (not (substring-index "/" patt)) ;; no slash in the original
			     (or (not item-patt)
				 (equal? item-patt "")))      ;; should always be true that item-patt is ""
			(set! item-patt "%"))
		    ;; (print "tests:match => patt-parts: " patt-parts ", test-patt: " test-patt ", item-patt: " item-patt)
		    (if (and (tests:glob-like-match test-patt testname)
			     (or (not itempath)
				 (tests:glob-like-match (if item-patt item-patt "") itempath)))
			#t
			(if (null? tal)
			    #f
			    (loop (car tal)(cdr tal)))))))))))

;; if itempath is #f then look only at the testname part
;;
(define (tests:match->sqlqry patterns)
  (if (string? patterns)
      (let ((patts (string-split patterns ",")))
	(if (null? patts) ;;; no pattern(s) means no match, we will do no query
	    #f
	    (let loop ((patt (car patts))
		       (tal  (cdr patts))
		       (res  '()))
	      ;; (print "loop: patt: " patt ", tal " tal)
	      (let* ((patt-parts (string-match (regexp "^([^\\/]*)(\\/(.*)|)$") patt))
		     (test-patt  (cadr patt-parts))
		     (item-patt  (cadddr patt-parts))
		     (test-qry   (db:patt->like "testname" test-patt))
		     (item-qry   (db:patt->like "item_path" item-patt))
		     (qry        (conc "(" test-qry " AND " item-qry ")")))
		;; (print "tests:match => patt-parts: " patt-parts ", test-patt: " test-patt ", item-patt: " item-patt)
		(if (null? tal)
		    (string-intersperse (append (reverse res)(list qry)) " OR ")
		    (loop (car tal)(cdr tal)(cons qry res)))))))
      #f))

;; itemmap is a list of testname patterns to maps
;;     test1 .*/bar/(\d+) foo/\1
;;     %     foo/([^/]+)  \1/bar
;;
;; # NOTE: the line with the single % could be the result of
;; #       itemmap entry in requirements (legacy). The itemmap
;; #       requirements entry is deprecated
;;
(define (tests:get-itemmaps tconfig)
  (let ((base-itemmap  (configf:lookup tconfig "requirements" "itemmap"))
	(itemmap-table (configf:get-section tconfig "itemmap")))
    (append (if base-itemmap
		(list (list "%" base-itemmap))
		'())
	    (if itemmap-table
		itemmap-table
		'()))))

;; given a list of itemmaps (testname . map), return the first match
;;
(define (tests:lookup-itemmap itemmaps testname)
  (let ((best-matches (filter (lambda (itemmap)
				(tests:match (car itemmap) testname #f))
			      itemmaps)))
    (if (null? best-matches)
	#f
	(let ((res (car best-matches)))
	  ;; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "res=" res)
	  (cond
	   ((string? res) res) ;;; FIX THE ROOT CAUSE HERE ....
	   ((null? res)   #f)
	   ((string? (cdr res)) (cdr res))  ;; it is a pair
	   ((string? (cadr res))(cadr res)) ;; it is a list
	   (else cadr res))))))

(define (tests:get-tests-search-path cfgdat)
  (let ((paths (let ((section (if cfgdat
				  (configf:get-section cfgdat "tests-paths")
				  #f)))
		 (if section
		     (map cadr section)
		     '()))))
    (filter (lambda (d)
	      (if (directory-exists? d)
		  d
		  (begin
		    ;; (if (common:low-noise-print 60 "tests:get-tests-search-path" d)
		    ;;	(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: problem with directory " d ", dropping it from tests path"))
		    #f)))
	    (append paths (list (conc *toppath* "/tests"))))))

;;======================================================================
;; network utilities
;;======================================================================

#;(define (server:get-best-guess-address hostname)
  (let ((res #f))
    (for-each 
     (lambda (adr)
       (if (not (eq? (u8vector-ref adr 0) 127))
	   (set! res adr)))
     ;; NOTE: This can fail when there is no mention of the host in /etc/hosts. FIXME
     (vector->list (hostinfo-addresses (hostname->hostinfo hostname))))
    (string-intersperse 
     (map number->string
	  (u8vector->list
	   (if res res (hostname->ip hostname)))) ".")))

;; NOTE: Look at address-info egg as alternative to some of this

(define (rate-ip ipaddr)
  (regex-case ipaddr
    ( "^127\\..*" _ 0 )
    ( "^(10\\.0|192\\.168)\\..*" _ 1 )
    ( else 2 ) ))

;; Change this to bias for addresses with a reasonable broadcast value?
;;
(define (ip-pref-less? a b)
  (> (rate-ip a) (rate-ip b)))

(define (server:get-best-guess-address hostname)
  (let ((all-addresses (get-all-ips hostname)))
    (cond
     ((null? all-addresses)
      hostname #;(get-host-name))                                          ;; no interfaces?
     ((eq? (length all-addresses) 1)
      (car all-addresses))                      ;; only one to choose from, just go with it
     (else
      (car (sort all-addresses ip-pref-less?))))))

(define (get-all-ips-sorted)
  (sort (get-all-ips) ip-pref-less?))

(define (get-all-ips hostname)
  (map address-info-host
       (filter (lambda (x)
		 (equal? (address-info-type x) 'tcp))
	       (address-infos hostname))))

(define (tests:readlines filename)
  (call-with-input-file filename
    (lambda (p)
      (let loop ((line (read-line p))
                 (result '()))
        (if (eof-object? line)
            (reverse result)
            (loop (read-line p) (cons line result)))))))

;; timeout is hms string: 1h 5m 3s, default is 10 minutes
;;
(define (server:expiration-timeout)
  (let ((tmo (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "timeout")))
    (if (and (string? tmo)
	     (common:hms-string->seconds tmo)) ;; BUG: hms-string->seconds is broken, if given "10" returns 0. Also, it doesn't belong in this logic unless the string->number is changed below
        (* 3600 (string->number tmo))
	60))) ;; default is one minute

(define (runs:get-mt-env-alist run-id runname target testname itempath)
  ;;(bb-check-path msg: "runs:set-megatest-env-vars entry")
  `(("MT_TEST_NAME"     . ,testname)
    
    ("MT_ITEMPATH"      . ,itempath)

    ("MT_TARGET"        . ,target)
    
    ("MT_RUNNAME"       . ,runname)
    
    ("MT_RUN_AREA_HOME" . ,*toppath*)
    
    ,@(let* ((link-tree (common:get-linktree))) ;; (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree")))
        (if link-tree
            (list (cons "MT_LINKTREE" link-tree)
                  
                  (cons "MT_TEST_RUN_DIR"
                        (conc link-tree  "/" target "/" runname "/" testname
                              (if (and (string? itempath) (not (equal? itempath "")))
                                  (conc "/" itempath)
                                  "")))
                  )
            '()))
    
    ,@(map
       (lambda (key)
         (cons  (car key) (cadr key)))
       (keys:target->keyval (common:get-fields *configdat*) #;(rmt:get-keys) target))
    
    ,@(map (lambda (var)
             (let ((val (configf:lookup *configdat* "env-override" var)))
               (cons var val)))
           (configf:section-vars *configdat* "env-override"))))
    
;;======================================================================
;; config file related routines
;;======================================================================

(define (keys:make-key/field-string confdat)
  (let ((fields (configf:get-section confdat "fields")))
    (string-join
     (map (lambda (field)(conc (car field) " " (cadr field)))
	  fields)
     ",")))


;;======================================================================
;; N A N O M S G   C L I E N T
;;======================================================================
;; 
;; 
;; 
;; (define (common:send-dboard-main-changed)
;;   (let* ((dashboard-ips (mddb:get-dashboards)))
;;     (for-each
;;      (lambda (ipadr)
;;        (let* ((soc (common:open-nm-req (conc "tcp://" ipadr)))
;; 	      (msg (conc "main " *toppath*))
;; 	      (res (common:nm-send-receive-timeout soc msg)))
;; 	 (if (not res) ;; couldn't reach that dashboard - remove it from db
;; 	     (print "ERROR: couldn't reach dashboard " ipadr))
;; 	 res))
;;      dashboard-ips)))
;;     
;;     
;; ;;======================================================================
;; ;; D A S H B O A R D   D B 
;; ;;======================================================================
;; 
;; (define (mddb:open-db)
;;   (let* ((db (open-database (conc (get-environment-variable "HOME") "/.dashboard.db"))))
;;     (set-busy-handler! db (busy-timeout 10000))
;;     (for-each
;;      (lambda (qry)
;;        (exec (sql db qry)))
;;      (list 
;;       "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS vars       (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,key TEXT, val TEXT, CONSTRAINT varsconstraint UNIQUE (key));"
;;       "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS dashboards (
;;           id         INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
;;           pid        INTEGER,
;;           username   TEXT,
;;           hostname   TEXT,
;;           ipaddr     TEXT,
;;           portnum    INTEGER,
;;           start_time TIMESTAMP DEFAULT (strftime('%s','now')),
;;              CONSTRAINT hostport UNIQUE (hostname,portnum)
;;         );"
;;       ))
;;     db))
;; 
;; ;; register a dashboard 
;; ;;
;; (define (mddb:register-dashboard port)
;;   (let* ((pid      (current-process-id))
;; 	 (hostname (get-host-name))
;; 	 (ipaddr   (server:get-best-guess-address hostname))
;; 	 (username (current-user-name)) ;; (car userinfo)))
;; 	 (db      (mddb:open-db)))
;;     (print "Register monitor, pid: " pid ", hostname: " hostname ", port: " port ", username: " username)
;;     (exec (sql db "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO dashboards (pid,username,hostname,ipaddr,portnum) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?);")
;; 	   pid username hostname ipaddr port)
;;     (close-database db)))
;; 
;; ;; unregister a monitor
;; ;;
;; (define (mddb:unregister-dashboard host port)
;;   (let* ((db      (mddb:open-db)))
;;     (print "Register unregister monitor, host:port=" host ":" port)
;;     (exec (sql db "DELETE FROM dashboards WHERE hostname=? AND portnum=?;") host port)
;;     (close-database db)))
;; 
;; ;; get registered dashboards
;; ;;
;; (define (mddb:get-dashboards)
;;   (let ((db (mddb:open-db)))
;;     (query fetch-column
;; 	   (sql db "SELECT ipaddr || ':' || portnum FROM dashboards;"))))
    

(define (sexpr->string data)
  (with-output-to-string
    (lambda ()(write data))))

(define (string->sexpr instr)
  (handle-exceptions
   exn
   (begin
     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: string->sexpr bad input \""instr"\"")
     #f)
   (if (string? instr)
       (with-input-from-string instr
	 read)
       (begin
	 (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Odd, instr is not a string: "instr)
	 instr))))

)