Index: Makefile
==================================================================
--- Makefile
+++ Makefile
@@ -143,25 +143,21 @@
 
 #======================================================================
 # Special dependencies for the includes
 #======================================================================
 
-tests.o db.o launch.o runs.o dashboard-tests.o dashboard-context-menu.o dashboard-guimonitor.o dashboard-main.o monitor.o dashboard.o  \
-archive.o megatest.o : db_records.scm migrate-fix.scm
+tests.o db.o launch.o runs.o dashboard-tests.o dashboard-context-menu.o dashboard-guimonitor.o \
+   dashboard-main.o monitor.o archive.o : db_records.scm migrate-fix.scm
 
 tests.o runs.o dashboard.o dashboard-tests.o dashboard-context-menu.o dashboard-main.o  : run_records.scm
 
 db.o ezsteps.o keys.o launch.o megatest.o monitor.o runs-for-ref.o runs.o tests.o : key_records.scm
 
 tests.o tasks.o dashboard-tasks.o : task_records.scm
 
 runs.o : test_records.scm
 
-megatest.o : megatest-fossil-hash.scm
-
-# rmt.scm client.scm common.scm configf.scm dashboard-guimonitor.scm dashboard-tests.scm dashboard.scm db.scm dcommon.scm ezsteps.scm fs-transport.scm http-transport.scm index-tree.scm items.scm keys.scm launch.scm megatest.scm monitor.scm mt.scm newdashboard.scm runconfig.scm runs.scm server.scm tdb.scm tests.scm tree.scm : common_records.scm
-
 common_records.scm : altdb.scm
 
 vg.o dashboard.o : vg_records.scm mofiles/dcommonmod.o
 
 dcommon.o : run_records.scm migrate-fix.scm mofiles/stml2.o
@@ -171,10 +167,11 @@
 # special include based modules
 mofiles/pkts.o : pkts/pkts.scm
 mofiles/mtargs.o : mtargs/mtargs.scm
 mofiles/mtconfigf.o : mtconfigf/mtconfigf.scm
 mofiles/ulex.o : ulex/ulex.scm
+mofiles/mutils.o : mutils/mutils.scm
 
 # for the modularized stuff
 
 mofiles/commonmod.o : megatest-fossil-hash.scm mofiles/stml2.o mofiles/mtargs.o mofiles/pkts.o mofiles/mtconfigf.o
 mofiles/dbmod.o     : mofiles/commonmod.o mofiles/keysmod.o \

ADDED   mutils.scm
Index: mutils.scm
==================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ mutils.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+;;======================================================================
+;; Copyright 2019, Matthew Welland.
+;; 
+;; This file is part of Megatest.
+;; 
+;;     Megatest is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;;     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+;;     (at your option) any later version.
+;; 
+;;     Megatest is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;;     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;     GNU General Public License for more details.
+;; 
+;;     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;     along with Megatest.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+;;======================================================================
+
+(declare (unit mutils))
+
+(include "mutils/mutils.scm")