Megatest

	    (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-testsuite-name)

(define (common:get-db-tmp-area . junk)

		     (tsname (common:get-testsuite-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
					  "/"(current-user-name) "/megatest_localdb/"
					  tsname
					  (string-translate toppath "/" "."))
				    ))))
		(set! *db-cache-path* dbpath)
		;; ensure megatest area has .mtdb
		(let ((dbarea (conc *toppath* "/.mtdb")))
		  (if (not (file-exists? dbarea))

  (hash-table-ref/default cfgdat section '()))

;; 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* ((lock-exists (file-exists? fname))
	 (fmod-time (if lock-exists
			(current-seconds)
			(handle-exceptions
			 ext
			 (current-seconds)
			 (file-modification-time fname)))))
    (if lock-exists
	(if (> (- (current-seconds) fmod-time) expire-time)
	    (begin
	      (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "Removing stale lock "fname)
	      (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)))

			"-:p"     ;; ignore the built in chicken profiling switch
			)
		 args:arg-hash
		 0))

(if (args:get-arg "-mode")
    (let* ((mode (string->symbol (args:get-arg "-mode"))))
      (rmt:transport-mode mode))
    (rmt:transport-mode 'tcp))

(if (args:get-arg "-test") ;; need to use tcp for test control panel
    (rmt:transport-mode 'tcp))

;; RA => Might require revert for filters 
;; create a watch dog to move changes from lt/.db/*.db to megatest.db
;;

                        0
                        (dboard:rundat-last-update run-dat)))
	 (last-db-time (if do-not-use-db-file-timestamps
			   0
			   (dboard:rundat-last-db-time run-dat)))
	 (db-path      (or (dboard:rundat-db-path run-dat)
			   (let* ((db-dir (get-environment-variable "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME")) ;;  (common:get-db-tmp-area))
				  (db-pth (conc db-dir "/.mtdb/*.db")))
			     (dboard:rundat-db-path-set! run-dat db-pth) ;; this is just a cache of the path
			     db-pth)))
	 (db-mod-time  (common:lazy-sqlite-db-modification-time db-path))
	 (db-modified  (>= db-mod-time last-db-time))
	 (multi-get    (> (dboard:rundat-run-data-offset run-dat) 0))  ;; multi-get in progress
	 (tmptests     (if (or do-not-use-db-file-timestamps
			       (dboard:tabdat-filters-changed tabdat)
			       db-modified)

	 (data-synced 0) ;; count of changed records
	 (tmp-area       (common:get-db-tmp-area))
	 (old2new (member 'old2new options))
	 (dejunk (member 'dejunk options))
	 (killservers (member 'killservers options))
	 (src-area (if old2new *toppath* tmp-area))
	 (dest-area (if old2new tmp-area *toppath*))
	 (dbfiles        (if old2new (glob (conc *toppath* "/.mtdb/*.db"))
			     (glob (conc tmp-area "/.mtdb/*.db"))))
	 (keys (db:get-keys dbstruct))
	 (sync-durations (make-hash-table)))

    ;; kill servers
    (if killservers (db:kill-servers))
    
    (if (not dbfiles)