Megatest

    ((rpc)  (db:obj->string (vector success/fail query-sig result)))
    ((http) (db:obj->string (vector success/fail query-sig result)))
    ((fs)   result)
    (else 
     (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "unrecognised transport type: " *transport-type*)
     result)))

(define (server:what-type-of-invocation)
  (cond
   ((args:get-arg "-run")       "run")
   ((args:get-arg "-server")    "server")
   ((args:get-arg "-execute")   "execute")
   ((or (args:get-arg "-remove-runs")) "run-related")
   ((string-search (car (argv)) "dboard") "dboard")
   (else (conc "other:"(string-intersperse (command-line-arguments) "_")))))

;; Given an area path,  start a server process    ### NOTE ### > file 2>&1 
;; if the target-host is set 
;; try running on that host
;;   incidental: rotate logs in logs/ dir.
;;
(define  (server:run areapath) ;; areapath is *toppath* for a given testsuite area
  (let* ((curr-host   (get-host-name))

	 (profile-mode (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "misc" "profilesw")
			   ""))
	 (cmdln (conc (common:get-megatest-exe)
		      " -server " (or target-host "-") (if (equal? (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "daemonize") "yes")
							   " -daemonize "
							   "")
		      ;; " -log " logfile
		      " -m testsuite:" testsuite
		      " -m testsuite:"testsuite":"(server:what-type-of-invocation)
		      " " profile-mode
		      )) ;; (conc " >> " logfile " 2>&1 &")))))
	 (log-rotate  (make-thread common:rotate-logs  "server run, rotate logs thread")) ;; why are we rotating logs here? This is a sensitive location with a lot going on!?
         (load-limit  (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "jobtools" "max-server-start-load" default: 3.0)))
    ;; we want the remote server to start in *toppath* so push there
    (push-directory areapath)
    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Trying to start server (" cmdln ") ...")