Megatest

;; The watchdog is to keep an eye on things like db sync etc.
;;

;; TODO: for multiple areas, we will have multiple watchdogs; and multiple threads to manage
(define *watchdog* (make-thread common:watchdog "Watchdog thread"))

(if (not (args:get-arg "-server"))
    (thread-start! *watchdog*)) ;; if starting a server; wait till we get to running state before kicking off watchdog
;;(if (not (args:get-arg "-server"))
;;    (thread-start! *watchdog*)) ;; if starting a server; wait till we get to running state before kicking off watchdog
(let* ((no-watchdog-args
       '("-list-runs"
         "-list-servers"
         "-server"
         "-list-disks"
         "-list-targets"
         "-show-runconfig"
         ;;"-list-db-targets"
         "-show-runconfig"
         "-show-config"
         "-show-cmdinfo"))
       (no-watchdog-args-vals (filter (lambda (x) x)
                                      (map args:get-arg no-watchdog-args)))
       (start-watchdog (null? no-watchdog-args-vals)))
  ;;(BB> "no-watchdog-args="no-watchdog-args "no-watchdog-args-vals="no-watchdog-args-vals) 
  (if start-watchdog
      (thread-start! *watchdog*)))


;; bracket open-output-file with code to make leading directory if it does not exist and handle exceptions
(define (open-logfile logpath)
  (condition-case
   (let* ((log-dir (or (pathname-directory logpath) ".")))
     (if (not (directory-exists? log-dir))
         (system (conc "mkdir -p " log-dir)))