Megatest

	  ;; (tests:set-full-meta-info test-id run-id 0 work-area)
	  (tests:set-full-meta-info #f test-id run-id 0 work-area 10)

	  (thread-sleep! 0.3) ;; NFS slowness has caused grief here

	  (if (args:get-arg "-xterm")
	      (set! fullrunscript "xterm")
	      (if (and fullrunscript 
		       (file-exists? fullrunscript)
		       (not (file-execute-access? fullrunscript)))
		  (system (conc "chmod ug+x " fullrunscript))))

	  ;; We are about to actually kick off the test
	  ;; so this is a good place to remove the records for 
	  ;; any previous runs
	  ;; (db:test-remove-steps db run-id testname itemdat)
	  
	  (let* ((m            (make-mutex))
		 (kill-job?    #f)

	    (set! job-thread th2)
	    (thread-start! th1)
	    (thread-start! th2)
	    (thread-join! th2)
	    (debug:print-info 0 "Megatest exectute of test " test-name ", item path " item-path " complete. Notifying the db ...")
	    (set! keep-going #f)
	    (thread-join! th1)
	    (thread-sleep! 1)       ;; givbe thread th1 a chance to be done TODO: Verify this is needed. At 0.1 I was getting fail to stop, increased to total of 1.1 sec.
	    (mutex-lock! m)
	    (let* ((item-path (item-list->path itemdat))
		   ;; only state and status needed - use lazy routine
		   (testinfo  (rmt:get-testinfo-state-status run-id test-id)))
	      ;; Am I completed?
	      (if (member (db:test-get-state testinfo) '("REMOTEHOSTSTART" "RUNNING")) ;; NOTE: It should *not* be REMOTEHOSTSTART but for reasons I don't yet understand it sometimes gets stuck in that state ;; (not (equal? (db:test-get-state testinfo) "COMPLETED"))
		  (let ((new-state  (if kill-job? "KILLED" "COMPLETED") ;; (if (eq? (vector-ref exit-info 2) 0) ;; exited with "good" status

	     (getenv "MT_RUNNAME")   "/"
	     (getenv "MT_TEST_NAME") "/"
	     (if (or (getenv "MT_ITEMPATH")
		     (not (string=? "" (getenv "MT_ITEMPATH"))))
		 (conc "/" (getenv "MT_ITEMPATH"))))))

(define (tests:get-testconfig test-name test-registry system-allowed #!key (force-create #f))
  (let* ((treg              (or test-registry
				(tests:get-all)))
	 (test-path         (hash-table-ref/default 
			     treg test-name 
			     (conc *toppath* "/tests/" test-name)))
	 (test-configf (conc test-path "/testconfig"))
	 (testexists   (and (file-exists? test-configf)(file-read-access? test-configf)))
	 (cache-path   (tests:get-test-path-from-environment))
	 (cache-exists (and cache-path 
			    (not force-create)  ;; if force-create then pretend there is no cache to read
			    (file-exists? (conc cache-path "/.testconfig"))))
	 (cache-file   (conc cache-path "/.testconfig"))
	 (tcfg         (if testexists
			   (or (and (not force-create)
				    cache-exists
				    (handle-exceptions
				     exn
				     (begin
				       (debug:print 0 "WARNING: Failed to read " cache-file) 
				       (make-hash-table)) ;; better to return a hash and keep going - I think
				     (configf:read-alist cache-file)))
			       (read-config test-configf #f system-allowed environ-patt: (if system-allowed
											     "pre-launch-env-vars"
											     #f)))
			   #f)))
    (hash-table-set! *testconfigs* test-name tcfg)
    (if (and testexists