Megatest

        (print-prefix      "Running: ") 
        (archive-info (archive:allocate-new-archive-block blockid-cache *toppath* tsname min-space target-patt run-patt "megatest-db"))
	(archive-dir  (if archive-info (cdr archive-info) #f))
	(archive-id   (if archive-info (car archive-info) -1))
        (home-host    (server:choose-server *toppath* 'homehost))
        (archive-time (seconds->std-time-str (current-seconds)))
        (archive-staging-db (conc *toppath* "/.db-snapshot/archive_" archive-time))
        (tmp-db-path (conc (dbfile:make-tmpdir-name *toppath* "") "/megatest.db"))
        (dbfile             (conc  archive-staging-db "/megatest.db"))) 
        (create-directory archive-staging-db #t)
        (let-values (((pid-val exit-status exit-code) (run-n-wait rsync-exe params: (list "-v" (conc (car home-host) ":"tmp-db-path) archive-staging-db) print-cmd: print-prefix)))
            (if (eq? exit-code 0)   
              (case archiver
	        ((bup) ;; Archive using bup
	          (let* ((bup-init-params  (list "-d" archive-dir "init"))

;;======================================================================

(define *common:this-exe-fullpath* (common:get-this-exe-fullpath))
(define *common:this-exe-dir*      (pathname-directory *common:this-exe-fullpath*))
(define *common:this-exe-name*     (pathname-strip-directory *common:this-exe-fullpath*))

(define (common:get-sync-lock-filepath)
  (let* ((tmp-area     (dbfile:make-tmpdir-name *toppath* ""))
         (lockfile     (conc tmp-area "/megatest.db.lock")))
    lockfile))

(define *common:logpro-exit-code->status-sym-alist*
  '( ( 0 . pass )
     ( 1 . fail )
     ( 2 . warn )

;; returns: ok/not dbspace required-space
;;
(define (common:check-db-dir-space)
  (let* ((required (string->number 
                    ;; default is 1GB (or actually a billion bytes) This is the number of 1 kB blocks.
		    (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "dbdir-space-required")
			"1000000")))
	 (dbdir    (dbfile:make-tmpdir-name *toppath* "")) ;; (db:get-dbdir))
	 (tdbspace (common:check-space-in-dir dbdir required))
	 (mdbspace (common:check-space-in-dir *toppath* required)))
    (sort (list tdbspace mdbspace) (lambda (a b)
				     (< (cadr a)(cadr b))))))

;;======================================================================
;; check available space in dbdir, exit if insufficient

(define (dboard:tabdat-make-data)
  (let ((dat (make-dboard:tabdat)))
    (dboard:setup-tabdat dat)
    (dboard:setup-num-rows dat)
    dat))

(define (dboard:setup-tabdat tabdat)
  (dboard:tabdat-dbdir-set! tabdat (dbfile:make-tmpdir-name *toppath* "")) ;; (conc (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree") "/.db"))
  (dboard:tabdat-dbfpath-set! tabdat (dbfile:make-tmpdir-name *toppath* ""))
  (dboard:tabdat-monitor-db-path-set! tabdat (conc (dboard:tabdat-dbdir tabdat) "/monitor.db"))


  ;; HACK ALERT: this is a hack, please fix.
  (dboard:tabdat-ro-set! tabdat (not (file-read-access? (dboard:tabdat-dbfpath tabdat))))
  (dboard:tabdat-keys-set! tabdat (rmt:get-keys))
  (dboard:tabdat-dbkeys-set! tabdat (append (dboard:tabdat-keys tabdat) (list "runname")))

	   (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* " query " stmt " failed, params: " params ", error: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", exn=" exn)
	   (print-call-chain (current-error-port))
	   default)))
   (apply sqlite3:first-result db stmt params)))

(define (db:setup do-sync)
  (assert *toppath* "FATAL: db:setup called before launch:setup has been run.")
  (let* ((tmpdir (dbfile:make-tmpdir-name *toppath* "")))
    (if (not *dbstruct-dbs*)
	(dbfile:setup do-sync *toppath* tmpdir)
	*dbstruct-dbs*)))

;; moved from dbfile
;;
;; ADD run-id SUPPORT

  (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "   params: " params
		     ", error: "     ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message)   exn)
		     ", arguments: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'arguments) exn)
		     ", location: "  ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'location)  exn)
		     ))









(define (db:set-sync db)
  (let ((syncprag (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "sychronous")))
    (sqlite3:execute db (conc "PRAGMA synchronous = " (or syncprag 0) ";")))) 


(define (db:get-last-update-time db)
  (let ((last-update-time #f))

    (max (get-mtime fname)
	 (get-mtime wal-file)
	 (get-mtime shm-file))))
	 
;; (define (db:all-db-sync dbstruct)
;;   (let* ((dbdat (db:open-db dbstruct #f db:initialize-main-db))
;; 	 (data-synced       0) ;; count of changed records
;;     (tmp-area       (dbfile:make-tmpdir-name *toppath*))
;;     (dbfiles        (glob (conc tmp-area"/.mtdb/*.db")))
;;     (sync-durations (make-hash-table))
;;     (no-sync-db        (db:open-no-sync-db)))
;;     (for-each
;;      (lambda (file) ;; tmp db file
;;        (debug:print-info 3 *default-log-port* "file: " file)
;;        (let* ((fname       (conc (pathname-file file) ".db")) ;; fname is tmp db file

;;  'closeall     - close all opened dbs
;;  'schema       - attempt to apply schema changes
;;  run-ids: '(1 2 3 ...) or #f (for all)
;;
(define (db:multi-db-sync dbstruct . options)
  (let* (;; (dbdat       (db:open-db dbstruct #f dbfile:db-init-proc))
	 (data-synced 0) ;; count of changed records
	 (tmp-area       (dbfile:make-tmpdir-name *toppath* ""))
	 (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"))))

;;======================================================================
;; no-sync.db - small bits of data to be shared between servers
;;======================================================================

(define (db:get-dbsync-path)
  (case (rmt:transport-mode)
    ((http)(dbfile:make-tmpdir-name *toppath* ""))
    ((tcp) (conc *toppath*"/.mtdb"))
    ((nfs) (conc *toppath*"/.mtdb"))
    (else "/tmp/dunno-this-gonna-exist")))

;; This is needed for api.scm
(define (db:open-no-sync-db)
   (dbfile:open-no-sync-db (db:get-dbsync-path)))

    res))

;; TODO: Switch this to use max(update_time) from each run db? Then if using a server there is no disk traffic (using cachedb db) ???
;;
;; NOTE: This DOESN'T (necessarily) get the real run ids, but the number of the <number>.db!!

(define (db:get-changed-run-ids since-time)
  (let* ((dbdir      (dbfile:make-tmpdir-name *toppath* "")) ;; (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "dbdir"))
	 (alldbs     (glob (conc *toppath* "/.mtdb/[0-9]*.db*")))
	 (changed    (filter (lambda (dbfile)
			       (> (file-modification-time dbfile) since-time))
			     alldbs)))
    (delete-duplicates
     (map (lambda (dbfile)
	    (let* ((res (string-match ".*\\/(\\d+)\\.db*" dbfile)))

          (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "could not get lock for " from-db " from no-sync-db")
	  #f
        ))))

;; sync for filesystem local db writes
;;
(define (db:run-lock-and-sync no-sync-db)
  (let* ((tmp-area       (dbfile:make-tmpdir-name *toppath* ""))
	 (dbfiles        (glob (conc tmp-area"/.mtdb/*.db")))
	 (sync-durations (make-hash-table)))
    ;; (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "lock-and-sync, dbfiles: "dbfiles)
    (for-each
     (lambda (file)
       (let* ((fname (conc (pathname-file file) ".db"))
	      (fulln (conc *toppath*"/.mtdb/"fname))

  (thread-sleep! 0.05) ;; delay for startup
  (let ((legacy-sync        (common:run-sync?))
	(sync-stale-seconds (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "server" "sync-stale-seconds" default: 300))
 	(debug-mode         (debug:debug-mode 1))
 	(last-time          (current-seconds))     ;; last time through the sync loop
 	(no-sync-db         (db:open-no-sync-db))
 	(sync-duration      0)  ;; run time of the sync in milliseconds
	(tmp-area           (dbfile:make-tmpdir-name *toppath* "")))
    ;; Sync moved to http-transport keep-running loop
    (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Periodic copy-based sync thread started. syncer is copy-sync, tmp-area is " tmp-area)
    (debug:print-info 3 *default-log-port* "watchdog starting. syncer is copy-sync pid="(current-process-id));;  " this-wd-num="this-wd-num)
    
    (if (and legacy-sync (not *time-to-exit*))
 	(begin
 	  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Server running, periodic copy-based sync started.")

 		      ;;
 		     
 		       (for-each
 			(lambda (subdb)
 			  (let* (;;(dbstruct (db:setup))
 				 (mtdb       (dbr:subdb-mtdb subdb))
 				 (mtpath     (db:dbdat-get-path mtdb))
 				 (tmp-area   (dbfile:make-tmpdir-name *toppath* ""))
 				 (res        (db:sync-to-megatest.db dbstruct no-sync-db: no-sync-db))) ;; did we sync any data? If so need to set the db touched flag to keep the server alive
 			    (set! sync-duration (- (current-milliseconds) sync-start))
 			    (if (> res 0) ;; some records were transferred, keep the db alive
 				(begin
 				  (mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
 				  (set! *db-last-access* (current-seconds))
 				  (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*)

           #t
          )
          #f
  )
)

(define (dbfile:make-tmpdir-name areapath tmpadj)
  (let* ((area (pathname-file areapath))
         (dname (conc "/tmp/"(current-user-name)"/megatest_localdb/" area "/" (string-translate areapath "/" ".") tmpadj "/.mtdb")))
    (unless (directory-exists? dname)
      (create-directory dname #t))
    dname))

(define (dbfile:run-id->path apath run-id)
  (conc apath"/"(dbfile:run-id->dbname run-id)))

;; opens and returns handle and nothing else
;;
;; NOTE: this is already protected by mutex *no-sync-db-mutex*
;;
(define (dbfile:raw-open-no-sync-db dbpath)
  (if (not (file-exists? dbpath))
      (create-directory dbpath #t))
  (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "(dbfile:raw-open-no-sync-db: Opening "dbpath"/no-sync.db")
  (let* ((dbname    (conc dbpath "/no-sync.db"))
	 (db-exists (file-exists? dbname))
	 (init-proc (lambda (db)
		      (sqlite3:with-transaction
		       db
		       (lambda ()
			 ;; I have been having trouble with init of no-sync.db so

;; transaction protected lock aquisition
;; either:
;;    fails    returns  (#f lock-creation-time identifier)
;;    succeeds (returns (#t lock-creation-time identifier)
;; use (db:no-sync-del! db keyname) to release the lock
;;
(define (db:no-sync-get-lock-with-id db keyname identifier)
  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "db:no-sync-get-lock-with-id: db: " db " keyname: " keyname " identifier: " identifier)
  (sqlite3:with-transaction
   db
   (lambda ()
     (condition-case
      (let* ((curr-val (db:no-sync-get/default db keyname #f)))
        (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "db:no-sync-get-lock-with-id: curr-val: " curr-val)
	(if curr-val
	    (match (db:extract-time-identifier curr-val) ;; result->timestamp, identifier
	       ((timestamp . ident)
		(cons (equal? ident identifier) timestamp))
	       (else 
                (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "db:no-sync-get-lock-with-id: malformed lock")
                (cons #f 'malformed-lock)
                )
            )  ;; lock malformed
	    (let ((curr-sec (current-seconds))
		  (lock-value (if identifier
				  (conc (current-seconds)"+"identifier)
				  (current-seconds))))
	      (sqlite3:execute db "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO no_sync_metadat (var,val) VALUES(?,?);" keyname lock-value)
	      (cons #t curr-sec))))
      (exn (io-error)  (dbfile:print-err "ERROR: i/o error with no-sync db. Check permissions, disk space etc. and try again."))

    (dbr:dbstruct-ondiskdb-set!  dbstruct db)
    (dbr:dbstruct-dbfile-set!    dbstruct dbfullname)
    (dbr:dbstruct-dbtmpname-set! dbstruct tmpdb)
    (dbr:dbstruct-dbfname-set!   dbstruct dbfname)
    (dbr:dbstruct-sync-proc-set! dbstruct
				 (lambda (last-update)
				   (if *sync-in-progress*
				       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: overlapping calls to sync to disk")
				       (let* ((syncer-logfile    (conc areapath"/logs/"dbfname"-syncer.log"))
					      (sync-cmd          (if (eq? syncdir 'todisk)
								     (conc "(NBFAKE_LOG="syncer-logfile" nbfake megatest -db2db -from "tmpdb" -to "dbfullname" -period 5 -timeout 10 > /dev/null 2&>1)&")
								     (conc "(NBFAKE_LOG="syncer-logfile" nbfake megatest -db2db -from "dbfullname" -to "tmpdb" -period 5 -timeout 10 > /dev/null 2&>1)&")))
					      (synclock-file     (conc dbfullname".lock"))
					      (syncer-running-file (conc dbfullname"-sync-running"))
					      (synclock-mod-time (if (file-exists? synclock-file)
								     (handle-exceptions
									 exn
								       #f
								       (file-modification-time synclock-file))
								     #f))
					      (thethread         (lambda ()
								   (thread-start!
								    (make-thread
								     (lambda ()
								       (set! *sync-in-progress* #t)
								       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Running "sync-cmd)
								       (if (file-exists? syncer-running-file)
									   (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Syncer still running, skipping syncer start.")
									   (system sync-cmd))
								       (set! *sync-in-progress* #f)))))))
					 (if ((if (eq? syncdir 'todisk) < >) ;; use less than for todisk, greater than for from disk
					      (file-modification-time tmpdb)
					      (file-modification-time dbfullname))

     (lambda (name)
       (if (equal? name "last_update")
	   (set! has-last #t)))
     dbh
     (conc "SELECT name FROM pragma_table_info('"tablename"') as tblInfo;"))
    has-last))

(define (replace-question-marks-with-number str num)
  (define (replace-helper str index result)
    (if (>= index (string-length str))
        result
        (let ((char (string-ref str index)))
          (if (char=? char #\?)
              (replace-helper str (+ index 1) (string-append result (number->string num)))
              (replace-helper str (+ index 1) (string-append result (string char)))))))

  (replace-helper str 0 ""))


;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;; tbls is ( ("tablename" ( "field1" [#f|proc1] ) ( "field2" [#f|proc2] ) .... ) )
;;
;; direction = fromdest, todisk
;; mode = 'full, 'incr
;;
;; Idea: youngest in dest is last_update time
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

(define (dbmod:attach-sync tables dbh destdbfile direction #!key
			   (mode 'full)
			   (no-update '("keys")) ;; do
			   )
   (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "dbmod:attach-sync")
   (let* ((num-changes 0)
	 (update-changed (lambda (num-changed table qryname)
			   (if (> num-changed 0)
			       (begin
				 (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Changed "num-changed" rows for table "table", qry "qryname)
				 (set! num-changes (+ num-changes num-changed)))))))
    (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "Doing sync "direction" "destdbfile)
    (if (not (sqlite3:auto-committing? dbh))
	(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Skipping sync due to transaction in flight.")
	(let* ((table-names  (map car tables))
	       (dest-exists  (file-exists? destdbfile)))
	  (assert dest-exists "FATAL: sync called with non-existant file, "destdbfile)
	  ;; attach the destdbfile
	  ;; for each table
	  ;;    insert into dest.<table> select * from src.<table> where last_update>last_update
	  ;; done
	  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "Attaching "destdbfile" as auxdb")
	  (handle-exceptions
	      exn
	      (begin
		(debug:print 0 "ATTACH failed, exiting. exn="(condition->list exn))
		(exit 1))
	    (sqlite3:execute dbh (conc "ATTACH '"destdbfile"' AS auxdb;")))
	  (for-each
	   (lambda (table)
	     (let* ((dummy (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "Doing table " table))
                    (tbldat (alist-ref table tables equal?))
		    (fields (map car tbldat))
		    (no-id-fields (filter (lambda (x)(not (equal? x "id"))) fields))
		    (fields-str (string-intersperse fields ","))
		    (no-id-fields-str (string-intersperse no-id-fields ","))
		    (dir    (eq? direction 'todisk))
		    (fromdb (if dir "main." "auxdb."))
		    (todb   (if dir "auxdb." "main."))
		    (set-str (string-intersperse
			      (map (lambda (field)
				     (conc fromdb field"="todb field))
				   fields)
			      ","))
		    (stmt1      (conc "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO "todb table
				      " SELECT * FROM "fromdb table";"))
		    (stmt2      (conc "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO "todb table
				      " SELECT * FROM "fromdb table" WHERE "fromdb table".id=?;"))
		    (stmt8      (conc "UPDATE "todb table" SET ("no-id-fields-str") = (SELECT "no-id-fields-str" FROM "fromdb table" WHERE "todb table".id="fromdb table".id"
				      (conc " AND "fromdb table".last_update > "todb table".last_update);")
                                      ");"))
		    (update-string (conc "UPDATE "todb table" SET "))
                    (split-update 
                      (let ()
                        (for-each 
                          (lambda (column)
                            (set! update-string (conc update-string column" = (SELECT "column" FROM "fromdb table" WHERE "fromdb table".id=?), "))
                          )
                          no-id-fields
                        )
                        ;; drop the last ", "
                        (conc (substring update-string 0 (-(string-length update-string) 2)) " WHERE "todb table".id=? ")
                      )
                    )


                    (stmt9      (conc "UPDATE "todb table" SET ("no-id-fields-str") = "
				      "(SELECT "no-id-fields-str" FROM "fromdb table" WHERE "fromdb table".id=?)"
				      " WHERE "todb table".id=?"))
		    (newrec     (conc "SELECT id FROM "fromdb table" WHERE id NOT IN (SELECT id FROM "todb table");"))


		    (changedrec (conc "SELECT "fromdb table".id FROM "fromdb table" join "todb table" on "fromdb table".id="todb table".id WHERE "fromdb table".last_update > "todb table".last_update;"))

		    (start-ms   (current-milliseconds))
		    (new-ids    (sqlite3:fold-row (lambda (res id)(cons id res)) '() dbh newrec)))

	       (update-changed (length new-ids) table "new records")
	       (mutex-lock! *db-transaction-mutex*)
	       (handle-exceptions
		   exn
		   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Transaction update of id fields in "table" failed.")
		 (sqlite3:with-transaction
		  dbh
		  (lambda ()
		    (for-each (lambda (id)
				(sqlite3:execute dbh stmt2 id))
			      new-ids))))
	       
	       (if (member "last_update" fields)
		   (handle-exceptions
		       exn
		       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Transaction update of non id fields in "table" failed.")
		     (sqlite3:with-transaction
		      dbh
		      (lambda ()
			(let* ((changed-ids  (sqlite3:fold-row (lambda (res id)(cons id res)) '() dbh changedrec))
                               (sql-query "") 
                               )
			  (update-changed (length changed-ids) table "changed records")
			  (for-each (lambda (id)
                             (let* ((update-with-ids (replace-question-marks-with-number split-update id))
                                   )
                                   (debug:print 2 *default-log-port*  "about to do sqlite3:execute " dbh " " update-with-ids )
                                   (handle-exceptions
		                        exn
		                        (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "update from " fromdb table " to " todb table " failed: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
				        (sqlite3:execute dbh update-with-ids)
                                   )
                                   (debug:print 2 *default-log-port*  "after sqlite3:execute")
                                )
                             )
			     changed-ids
                         )
                       )
                     )
                   )
                 )
               )
	       (mutex-unlock! *db-transaction-mutex*)
	       
	       (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "Synced table "table
	        	    " in "(- (current-milliseconds) start-ms)"ms")
	       
	       ))
	   table-names)
	  (sqlite3:execute dbh "DETACH auxdb;")))
    num-changes))

    (let* (;; (run-id     (args:get-arg "-run-id"))
	   (dbfname    (args:get-arg "-db"))
	   (tl         (launch:setup))
	   (keys       (keys:config-get-fields *configdat*)))
      (case (rmt:transport-mode)
	((tcp)
	 (let* ((timeout    (server:expiration-timeout)))
	   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Starting server for " dbfname " using tcp method with server timeout of "timeout)
	   (tt-server-timeout-param timeout)
	   (if dbfname
	       (tt:start-server tl #f dbfname api:tcp-dispatch-request-make-handler keys)
	       (begin
		 (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: transport mode is tcp - -db is required.")
		 (exit 1)))))
	(else (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: rmt:transport-mode value not recognised "(rmt:transport-mode))))

              )
              sfiles
            )
          )
       )
       dbfiles
     )
     ;; remove this db, because otherwise metadata contains records for old servers, and this causes a problem with db:no-sync-get-lock-with-id.
     (delete-file (conc *toppath* "/.mtdb/no-sync.db"))
     (set! *didsomething* #t)
     (exit)  
  )
)

;;======================================================================
;; Weird special calls that need to run *after* the server has started?

             (begin 
             (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "Missing required argument -source <archive path>")
             (exit 1)))
         (if (common:file-exists? (conc  *toppath* "/megatest.db"))
             (begin  
               (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "File " (conc  *toppath* "/megatest.db") " already exists. Please remove it before trying to replicate db")
               (exit 1)))
         (if (and (dbfile:make-tmpdir-name *toppath* "") (> (length (directory   (dbfile:make-tmpdir-name *toppath* "") #f)) 0))
           (begin
           (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* (dbfile:make-tmpdir-name *toppath* "") " not empty. Please remove it before trying to replicate db")
           (exit 1)))    
          ;; check if timestamp 
          (let* ((source (args:get-arg "-source"))
                (src     (if (not (equal? (substring source 0 1) "/"))
                             (conc (current-directory) "/" source)
                             source))
                (ts (if (args:get-arg "-time-stamp")   (args:get-arg "-time-stamp") "latest")))

	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Skipping sync, there is a sync in progress."))
      (set! *didsomething* #t)))

(if (args:get-arg "-sync-to")
    (let ((toppath (launch:setup)))
      (tasks:sync-to-postgres *configdat* (args:get-arg "-sync-to"))
      (set! *didsomething* #t)))


;; use with -from and -to
;;
(if (args:get-arg "-db2db")
    (let* ((duh         (launch:setup))
	   (src-db      (args:get-arg "-from"))
	   (dest-db     (args:get-arg "-to"))
	   ;; (sync-period (args:get-arg-number "-period"))
	   ;; (sync-timeout (args:get-arg-number "-timeout"))
	   (sync-period-in  (args:get-arg "-period"))
	   (sync-timeout-in (args:get-arg "-timeout"))
	   (sync-period     (if sync-period-in (string->number sync-period-in) #f))
	   (sync-timeout    (if sync-timeout-in (string->number sync-timeout-in) #f))
	   (lockfile    (conc dest-db".sync-lock"))
	   (keys        (db:get-keys #f))
	   (thesync     (lambda (last-update)
			  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Attempting to sync data from "src-db" to "dest-db"...")
			  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "PID = " (current-process-id))
			  (if (not (file-exists? dest-db))
			      (begin
				(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Using copy to create "dest-db" from "src-db)
				(file-copy src-db dest-db)
				1)
			      (let ((res (dbmod:db-to-db-sync src-db dest-db last-update (dbfile:db-init-proc) keys)))
				(if res
				    (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Synced " res " records from "src-db" to "dest-db)
				    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "No sync due to permissions or other issue."))
				res))))
	   (start-time  (current-seconds))
           (synclock-mod-time (if (file-exists? lockfile)
             (handle-exceptions
		 exn
	       #f
	       (file-modification-time synclock-file))
	     #f))
            (age (if synclock-mod-time (- (current-seconds) synclock-mod-time) 1000))
           )
      (if (and src-db dest-db)
	  (if (file-exists? src-db)
	      (if (and (file-exists? lockfile) (< age 20))
		    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Lock "lockfile" exists, skipping sync...")
                 (begin
                  (if (file-exists? lockfile)
                    (begin
                    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Deleting old lock file " lockfile)
                    (delete-file lockfile)
                    )
                  )
		  (dbfile:with-simple-file-lock
		   lockfile
		   (lambda ()
		     (let loop ((last-changed (current-seconds))
				(last-update  0))
		       (let* ((changes (handle-exceptions
					   exn
					   (begin
					     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Exception in sync: "(condition->list exn))
					     (delete-file lockfile)
					     (exit))
					 (thesync last-update)))
			      (now-time (current-seconds)))
			 (if (and sync-period sync-timeout) ;; 
			     (if (and (< (- now-time start-time) 600) ;; hard limit on how long we run for
				      (>  sync-timeout (- now-time last-changed)))
				 (begin
				   (if sync-period (thread-sleep! sync-period))
				   (loop (if (> changes 0) now-time last-changed) now-time))))))))
                        (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Releasing lock file " lockfile)
                   )
               )
	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "No sync due to unreadble or non-existant source file"src-db))
	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Usage for -db2db; -to and -from must be specified"))
      (set! *didsomething* #t)))

(if (args:get-arg "-list-test-time")
     (let* ((toppath (launch:setup))) 

;; (max-connections 4096) 

;; do all the busy work of finding and setting up conn for
;; connecting to a server
;; 
(define (tt:client-connect-to-server ttdat dbfname run-id testsuite)
  (assert (tt:valid-run-id run-id dbfname) "FATAL: invalid run-id "run-id)
  (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "tt:client-connect-to-server " dbfname " " run-id)
  (let* ((conn (hash-table-ref/default (tt-conns ttdat) dbfname #f))
	 (server-start-proc (lambda ()
			      (tt:server-process-run
			       (tt-areapath ttdat)
			       testsuite ;; (dbfile:testsuite-name)
			       (common:find-local-megatest)
			       run-id))))
    (if conn
	(begin 
          (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "already connected to a server")
           conn) ;; we are already connected to the server
	(let* ((sdat (tt:get-current-server-info ttdat dbfname)))
	  (match sdat
	    ((host port start-time server-id pid dbfname2 servinffile)
	     (assert (equal? dbfname dbfname2) "FATAL: read server info from wrong file.")
             (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "no conn - in match servinffile:" servinffile)
	     (let* ((host-port (conc host":"port))
		    (conn (make-tt-conn
			   host: host
			   port: port
			   host-port: host-port
			   dbfname: dbfname
			   servinf-file: servinffile
			   server-id: server-id
			   server-start: start-time
			   pid: pid)))
	       ;; verify we can talk to this server
	       (let* ((result   (tt:timed-ping host port server-id))
		      (ping-res (car result))
		      (ping     (cdr result)))
                 (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "host " host " port " port " ping time: " ping " result " ping-res)
		 (case ping-res
		   ((running)
                    (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Setting conn = " conn " in hash table")
		    (hash-table-set! (tt-conns ttdat) dbfname conn) ;;; is this ok to save before validating that the connection is good?
		    conn)
		   ((starting)
		    (thread-sleep! 0.5)
                    (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "server was in starting state, retrying connect")
		    (tt:client-connect-to-server ttdat dbfname run-id testsuite))
		   (else
		    (let* ((curr-secs (current-seconds)))
		      ;; rm the (last server) would go here
		      (if (> (- curr-secs (tt-last-serv-start ttdat)) 10)
			  (begin
			    (tt-last-serv-start-set! ttdat curr-secs)
			    (server-start-proc))) ;; start server if 30 sec since last attempt
		      (thread-sleep! 1)
                      (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "server ping result was neither running nor starting. Retrying connect")
		      (tt:client-connect-to-server ttdat dbfname run-id testsuite)))))))
	    (else ;; no good server found, if haven't started server in > 5 secs, start another
	     (if (> (- (current-seconds) (tt-last-serv-start ttdat)) 5) ;; BUG - grow this number really do not want to swamp the machine with servers
		 (begin
		   (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "No server found. Starting one for run-id "run-id" in dbfile "dbfname)
		   (server-start-proc)
		   (tt-last-serv-start-set! ttdat (current-seconds))))
	     (thread-sleep! 1)
             (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "no good server found, try connect again")
	     (tt:client-connect-to-server ttdat dbfname run-id testsuite)))))))

(define (tt:timed-ping host port server-id)
  (let* ((start-time (current-milliseconds))
	 (result     (tt:ping host port server-id)))
    (cons result (- (current-milliseconds) start-time))))
    

       (try-again)))))

;; client side handler
;;
;;(tt:handler #<tt> get-keys #f () 2 #f "/home/matt/data/megatest/ext-tests" #f "main.db" "ext-tests" "/home/matt/data/megatest/bin/.22.04/../megatest")
;;
(define (tt:handler ttdat cmd run-id params attemptnum area-dat areapath readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe)
  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "tt:handler cmd: " cmd " run-id: " run-id " attemptnum: " attemptnum)
  ;; NOTE: areapath is passed in and in tt struct. We'll use passed in value for now.
  (let* ((conn (tt:client-connect-to-server ttdat dbfname run-id testsuite))) ;; (hash-table-ref/default (tt-conns ttdat) dbfname #f)))
    (if conn
	;; have connection, call the server
	(let* ((res (tt:send-receive ttdat conn cmd run-id params)))
	  ;; res is (status errmsg result meta)
         ; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "conn:" conn " res: " res)

;; This is the routine called in megatest.scm to start a server
;;
;; Server viability is checked in keep-running. Blindly start and run here.
;;
(define (tt:start-server areapath run-id dbfname-in handler keys)
  (assert areapath "FATAL: areapath not provided for tt:start-server")
  ;; is there already a server for this dbfile? Then exit.
  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "tt:start-server: " dbfname-in)
  (let* ((ttdat   (make-tt areapath: areapath))
	 (dbfname (or dbfname-in (dbmod:run-id->dbfname run-id)))
	 (servers (tt:find-server areapath dbfname))) ;; should use tt:get-current-server-info instead
    (if (> (length servers) 4)
	(begin
	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: found server(s) already running for db "dbfname", "(string-intersperse servers ",")" Exiting.")
	  (exit))