Megatest

		    (set! *runremote* (make-remote))
                    (let* ((server-info (remote-server-info *runremote*))) 
                      (if server-info
                        (begin
                          (remote-server-url-set! *runremote* (server:record->url server-info))
                          (remote-server-id-set! *runremote* (server:record->id server-info)))))))
	      (if (and host port server-id)

		  (let* ((start-res (http-transport:client-connect host port server-id))

			 (ping-res  (rmt:login-no-auto-client-setup start-res)))
		    (if (and start-res
			     ping-res)
			(let ((runremote (or area-dat *runremote*))) ;; it might have been generated only a few statements ago
			  (if runremote
			      (begin
				(remote-conndat-set! runremote start-res) ;; (hash-table-set! runremote run-id start-res)
				(debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "connected to " (http-transport:server-dat-make-url start-res))

(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))
(define *time-zero* (current-seconds)) ;; for the watchdog
(define *on-exit-procs* '()) ;; add procs to this list to be executed on exit
(define *default-area-tag* "local")

;; DATABASE
;; (define *dbstruct-dbs*         #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))

			(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 (not 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))))
	    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "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")

	       (if (common:low-noise-print 30)
		   (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Exiting watchdog timer, *time-to-exit* = " *time-to-exit*" pid="(current-process-id) )))) 
))


(define (std-exit-procedure)
  ;;(common:telemetry-log-close)
  (on-exit (lambda () 0)) ;; why is this here?
  ;;(debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "std-exit-procedure called; *time-to-exit*="*time-to-exit*)
  (let ((no-hurry  (if *time-to-exit* ;; hurry up
		       #f
		       (begin
			 (set! *time-to-exit* #t)
			 #t))))
    (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "starting exit process, finalizing databases.")
    (if (and no-hurry
	     (debug:debug-mode 18))
	(rmt:print-db-stats))
    (let ((th1 (make-thread (lambda () ;; thread for cleaning up, give it five seconds
                              (if *dbstruct-dbs* (db:close-all *dbstruct-dbs*)) ;; one second allocated
			      (if (list? *on-exit-procs*)
				  (for-each
				   (lambda (proc)
				     (proc))
				   *on-exit-procs*))
			      (if *task-db*    
				  (let ((db (cdr *task-db*)))
				    (if (sqlite3:database? db)
					(begin
					  (sqlite3:interrupt! db)
					  (sqlite3:finalize! db #t)
					  ;; (vector-set! *task-db* 0 #f)

			  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Waiting for server alive signature")
                          (mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
                          (set! sdat *server-info*)
                          (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
                          (if (and sdat
				   (not changed)
				   (> (- (current-seconds) start-time) 2))
			      (let* ((servinfodir (conc *toppath*"/.servinfo"))
				     (ipaddr      (car sdat))
				     (port        (cadr sdat))
				     (servinf     (conc servinfodir"/"ipaddr":"port)))
				(if (not (file-exists? servinfodir))
				    (create-directory servinfodir #t))
				(with-output-to-file servinf
				  (lambda ()
				    (print "SERVER STARTED: "ipaddr":"port" AT "(current-seconds)" server-id: "(server:get-client-signature))
				    (print "started: "(seconds->year-week/day-time (current-seconds)))))
				(set! *on-exit-procs* (cons
						       (lambda ()
							 (delete-file* servinf))
						       *on-exit-procs*))
				;; put data about this server into a simple flat file host.port
				(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Received server alive signature")
                                #;(common:save-pkt `((action . alive)
                                                   (T      . server)
                                                   (pid    . ,(current-process-id))
                                                   (ipaddr . ,(car sdat))
                                                   (port   . ,(cadr sdat)))
                                                 *configdat* #t)
				sdat)
                              (begin
				(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Still waiting, last-sdat=" last-sdat)
                                (sleep 4)
				(if (> (- (current-seconds) start-time) 120) ;; been waiting for two minutes
				    (let* ((ipaddr  (car sdat))
					   (port    (cadr sdat))
					   (servinf (conc *toppath*"/.servinfo/"ipaddr":"port)))
				      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "transport appears to have died, exiting server")
				      ;; (delete-file* servinf) ;; handled by on-exit, can be removed
                                      #;(common:save-pkt `((action . died)
                                                         (T      . server)
                                                         (pid    . ,(current-process-id))
                                                         (ipaddr . ,(car sdat))
                                                         (port   . ,(cadr sdat))
                                                         (msg    . "Transport died?"))
						       *configdat* #t)
				      (exit))

    ;; 		      (if (eq? *number-non-write-queries* 0)
    ;; 			  "n/a (no queries)"
    ;; 			  (/ *total-non-write-delay* 
    ;; 			     *number-non-write-queries*))
    ;; 		      " ms")
    
    (db:print-current-query-stats)
    #;(common:save-pkt `((action . exit)
                       (T      . server)
                       (pid    . ,(current-process-id)))
    *configdat* #t)

    ;; remove .servinfo file(s) here
    
    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Server shutdown complete. Exiting")
    (exit)))

;; all routes though here end in exit ...
;;
;; start_server? 
;;

	  (exit)))
    ;; lets not even bother to start if there are already three or more server files ready to go
    #;(let* ((num-alive   (server:get-num-alive (server:get-list *toppath*))))
      (if (> num-alive 3)
          (begin
            (cleanup-proc (conc "ERROR: Aborting server start because there are already " num-alive " possible servers either running or starting up"))
            (exit))))
    #;(common:save-pkt `((action . start)
		       (T      . server)
		       (pid    . ,(current-process-id)))
		     *configdat* #t)
    (let* ((th2 (make-thread (lambda ()
                               (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Server run thread started")
                               (http-transport:run 
                                (if (args:get-arg "-server")
                                    (args:get-arg "-server")
                                    "-")
                                )) "Server run"))

		(lambda (a b)
		  (< (list-ref a 3)
		     (list-ref b 3))))))
    (if (> (length slst) nums)
	(take slst nums)
	slst)))

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

        *my-client-signature*)))


;; if server-start-last exists, and wasn't old enough, wait <idle time> + 1, then call this function recursively until it is old enough.
;; if it is old enough, overwrite it and wait 0.25 seconds.
;; if it then has the wrong server key, wait <idle time> + 1 and call this function recursively.
;;
#;(define (server:wait-for-server-start-last-flag areapath)
  (let* ((start-flag (conc areapath "/logs/server-start-last"))
	 ;;; THIS INTERACTS WITH [server] timeout. Suggest using 0.1 or above for timeout (6 seconds)
	 (idletime    (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "server" "idletime" default: 4))
	 (server-key (conc (get-host-name) "-" (current-process-id))))
    (if (file-exists? start-flag)
	(let* ((fmodtime (file-modification-time start-flag))
	       (delta    (- (current-seconds) fmodtime))

	       (begin
		 (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Gating server start, last start: "
				   (seconds->time-string fmodtime) ", time since last start: " delta ", required idletime: " idletime ", gating reason:" (if old-enough "another job started a server" "too soon to start another server"))
		 
		 (thread-sleep! ( + 1 idletime))
		 (server:wait-for-server-start-last-flag areapath)))))))

;; oldest server alive determines host then choose random of youngest
;; five servers on that host
;;
(define (server:get-servers-info areapath)
  (let* ((servinfodir (conc *toppath*"/.servinfo"))
	 (allfiles    (glob (conc servinfodir"/*")))
	 (res         (make-hash-table)))
    (for-each
     (lambda (f)
       (let* ((hostport  (pathname-strip-directory f))
	      (serverdat (server:logf-get-start-info f)))
	 (hash-table-set! res hostport serverdat)))
     allfiles)
    res))

;; oldest server alive determines host then choose random of youngest
;; five servers on that host
;;
(define (server:choose-server areapath)
  ;; age is current-starttime
  ;; find oldest alive
  ;;   1. sort by age ascending and ping until good
  ;; find alive rand from youngest
  ;;   1. sort by age descending
  ;;   2. take five
  ;;   3. check alive, discard if not and repeat
  (let* ((serversdat  (server:get-servers-info areapath))
	 (by-time-asc (sort (hash-table-keys serversdat)
			    (lambda (a b)
			      (>= (list-ref (hash-table-ref serversdat a) 2)
				  (list-ref (hash-table-ref serversdat b) 2))))))
    (if (not (null? by-time-asc))
	(let* ((oldest     (last by-time-asc))
	       (oldest-dat (hash-table-ref serversdat oldest))
	       (host       (list-ref oldest-dat 1))
	       (all-valid  (filter (lambda (x)(equal? host (list-ref x 1))) by-time-asc)))
	  (print "oldest: "oldest-dat", selected host: "host", all-valid: "all-valid)
	  (print "youngest: "(hash-table-ref serversdat (car all-valid)))
	  (car all-valid))
	#f)))
        
;; kind start up of server, wait before allowing another server for a given
;; area to be launched
;;
(define (server:kind-run areapath)
  ;; look for $MT_RUN_AREA_HOME/logs/server-start-last
  ;; and wait for it to be at least <server idletime> seconds old