Megatest

    (if (args:get-arg "-daemonize")
	(begin
	  (daemon:ize)
	  (if *alt-log-file* ;; we should re-connect to this port, I think daemon:ize disrupts it
	      (begin
		(current-error-port *alt-log-file*)
		(current-output-port *alt-log-file*)))))
    (if (and (server:read-dotserver *toppath*)
    (if (server:check-if-running run-id)
             (server:check-if-running run-id))
	(begin
	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Server for run-id " run-id " already running")
	  (exit 0))
	(begin ;; ok, no server detected, clean out any lingering records
	   (tasks:server-force-clean-running-records-for-run-id  (db:delay-if-busy tdbdat) run-id "notresponding")))
    (let loop ((server-id (tasks:server-lock-slot (db:delay-if-busy tdbdat) run-id))
	       (remtries  4))

;; generate entries for ~/.megatestrc with the following
;;
;;  grep define ../rmt.scm | grep rmt: |perl -pi -e 's/\(define\s+\((\S+)\W.*$/\1/'|sort -u

(defstruct remote
  (hh-dat            (common:get-homehost)) ;; homehost record ( addr . hhflag )
  (server-url        (if *toppath* (server:check-if-running *toppath*) #f))
  (server-url        (if *toppath* (server:read-dotserver *toppath*))) ;; (server:check-if-running *toppath*) #f))
  (last-server-check 0)  ;; last time we checked to see if the server was alive
  (conndat           #f)
  (transport         *transport-type*)
  (server-timeout    (or (server:get-timeout) 100))) ;; default to 100 seconds

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

      (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
      (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case  4.1")
      (rmt:open-qry-close-locally cmd 0 params))
     ;; no server contact made and this is a write, passively start a server 
     ((and (not (remote-server-url *runremote*))
	   (not (member cmd api:read-only-queries)))
      (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case  5")
      (let ((serverconn (server:check-if-running *toppath*)))
      (let ((serverconn (server:read-dotserver *toppath*))) ;; (server:check-if-running *toppath*))) ;; Do NOT want to run server:check-if-running - very expensive to do for every write call
	(if serverconn
	    (remote-server-url-set! *runremote* serverconn) ;; the string can be consumed by the client setup if needed
	    (if (not (server:start-attempted? *toppath*))
		(server:kind-run *toppath*))))
      (if (cdr (remote-hh-dat *runremote*)) ;; we are on the homehost, just do the call
          (begin
            (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
	    (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case  5.1")
            (rmt:open-qry-close-locally cmd 0 params))
          (begin
          (begin                            ;; not on homehost, start server and wait
            (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
	    (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case  5.2")
	    (tasks:start-and-wait-for-server (tasks:open-db) 0 15)
            (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params attemptnum: attemptnum))))
     ;; if not on homehost ensure we have a connection to a live server
     ;; NOTE: we *have* a homehost record by now
     ((and (not (cdr (remote-hh-dat *runremote*)))        ;; are we on a homehost?

	       (< delay-time delay-max-tries))
	  (begin
	    (if (common:low-noise-print 60 "tasks:start-and-wait-for-server" run-id)
		(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Try starting server for run-id " run-id))
	    (thread-sleep! (/ (random 2000) 1000))
	    (server:kind-run run-id)
	    (thread-sleep! (min delay-time 1))
            (if (not (or (server:start-attempted? *toppath*)
                         (server:read-dotserver *toppath*))) ;; no point in trying
	    (loop (tasks:get-server (db:delay-if-busy tdbdat) run-id)(+ delay-time 1))))))
                (loop (tasks:get-server (db:delay-if-busy tdbdat) run-id)(+ delay-time 1))
                #f))
          #f)))

(define (tasks:get-all-servers mdb)
  (let ((res '()))
    (sqlite3:for-each-row
     (lambda (id pid hostname interface port pubport start-time priority state mt-version last-update transport run-id)
       ;;                       0  1     2         3      4     5          6        7     8          9          10        11     12
       (set! res (cons (vector id pid hostname interface port pubport start-time priority state mt-version last-update transport run-id) res)))