Megatest

					  (sqlite3:finalize! db #t)
					  ;; (vector-set! *task-db* 0 #f)
					  (set! *task-db* #f)))))
			      (if (and (not (args:get-arg "-server"))
				       *runremote*)
				  (begin
				    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Closing all client connections...")
				    (http-transport:close-connections *runremote*)
				    #;(http-client#close-all-connections!)))
                              ;; (if (and *runremote*
                              ;;          (remote-conndat *runremote*))
                              ;;     (begin
                              ;;       (http-client#close-all-connections!))) ;; for http-client
                              (if (not (eq? *default-log-port* (current-error-port)))
                                  (close-output-port *default-log-port*))
			      (set! *default-log-port* (current-error-port))) "Cleanup db exit thread"))

						;;    (remote-conndat-set! runremote #f))
						;; Killing associated server to allow clean retry.")
						;; (tasks:kill-server-run-id run-id)  ;; better to kill the server in the logic that called this routine?
						(mutex-unlock! *http-mutex*)
						;; (signal (make-composite-condition
						;;          (make-property-condition 'commfail 'message "failed to connect to server")))
						;; "communications failed"
						;; (close-all-connections!)
						(close-connection! fullurl)
						(db:obj->string #f))
					      (with-input-from-request ;; was dat
					       fullurl 
					       (list (cons 'key (or server-id   "thekey"))
						     (cons 'cmd cmd)
						     (cons 'params sparams))
					       read-string))

    (if (vector? server-dat)
	(let ((api-dat (http-transport:server-dat-get-api-uri server-dat)))
	  (handle-exceptions
	    exn
	    (begin
	      (print-call-chain *default-log-port*)
	      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* " closing connection failed with error: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", exn=" exn))
	    (if (args:any-defined? "-server" "-execute" "-run")
		(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Closing connections to "api-dat))
	    (close-connection! api-dat)
	    (close-connection! (http-transport:server-dat-make-url server-dat))
	    (remote-conndat-set! runremote #f)
	    #t))
	#f)))


(define (make-http-transport:server-dat)(make-vector 6))
(define (http-transport:server-dat-get-iface         vec)    (vector-ref  vec 0))

;;======================================================================
;;  S U P P O R T   F U N C T I O N S
;;======================================================================

;; if a server is either running or in the process of starting call client:setup
;; else return #f to let the calling proc know that there is no server available
;;
(define (rmt:get-connection-info areapath runremote) ;; TODO: push areapath down.

  (let* ((cinfo     (if (remote? runremote)
			(remote-conndat runremote)
			#f)))
	  (if cinfo
	      cinfo
	      (if (server:check-if-running areapath)
		  (client:setup areapath)
		  #f))))

	       (not (remote-conndat runremote)))
	  (and (not (cdr (remote-hh-dat runremote)))        ;; not on a homehost 
	       (not (remote-conndat runremote))))           ;; and no connection
      (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case 9, hh-dat: " (remote-hh-dat runremote) " conndat: " (remote-conndat runremote))
      (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
      (if (not (server:check-if-running *toppath*)) ;; who knows, maybe one has started up?
	  (server:start-and-wait *toppath*))
      (remote-conndat-set! runremote (rmt:get-connection-info *toppath* runremote)) ;; calls client:setup which calls client:setup-http
      (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params attemptnum: attemptnum)) ;; TODO: add back-off timeout as

     ;;DOT CASE10 [label="on homehost"];
     ;;DOT MUTEXLOCK -> CASE10 [label="server not required,\non homehost"]; {rank=same "case 10" CASE10};
     ;;DOT CASE10 -> "rmt:open-qry-close-locally";
     ;; all set up if get this far, dispatch the query
     ((and (not (remote-force-server runremote))