Megatest

  '(
    ("-area"            . G) ;; maps to group
    ("-contour"         . c)
    ("-append-config"   . d)
    ("-state"           . e)
    ("-item-patt"       . i)
    ("-sync-to"         . k)
    ("-new"             . l) ;; l (see below) is new-ss
    ("-run-name"        . n)
    ("-mode-patt"       . o)
    ("-test-patt"       . p)  ;; idea, enhance margs ("-test-patt" "-testpatt") => yields one value in "-test-patt"
    ("-status"          . s)
    ("-target"          . t)
    ("-tag-expr"        . x)
    ;; misc

    (D  . timestamp )
    (T  . cardtype  )
    (U  . user      ) ;; username
    (Z  . shar1sum  )

    ;; Extras
    (a  . runkey    ) ;; needed for matching up pkts with target derived from runkey
    ;; (l  . new-ss    ) ;; new state/status
    ))

;; inlst is an alternative input
;;
(define (lookup-param-by-key key #!key (inlst #f))
  (fold (lambda (a res)
	  (if (eq? (cdr a) key)

;;
(define (param-translate param)
  (or (alist-ref (string->symbol param)
		 '((-tag-expr  . "-tagexpr")
		   (-mode-patt . "--modepatt")
		   (-run-name  . "-runname")
		   (-test-patt . "-testpatt")
		   (-msg       . "-m")
		   (-new       . "-set-state-status")))
      param))

(define (val->alist val)
  (let ((val-list (string-split-fields ";\\s*" val #:infix)))
    (if val-list
	(map (lambda (x)
	       (let ((f (string-split-fields "\\s*=\\s*" x #:infix)))

;; collect, translate, collate and assemble a pkt from the command-line
;;
;; sched => force the run start time to be recorded as sched Unix
;; epoch. This aligns times properly for triggers in some cases.
;;
;;  extra-dat format is ( 'x xval 'y yval .... )
;;
(define (command-line->pkt action args-alist sched-in #!key (extra-dat '())(area-path #f)(new-ss #f))
  (let* ((sched     (cond
		     ((vector? sched-in)(local-time->seconds sched-in)) ;; we recieved a time
		     ((number? sched-in) sched-in)
		     (else     (current-seconds))))
	 (args-data (if args-alist
			(if (hash-table? args-alist) ;; seriously?
			    (hash-table->alist args-alist)

		   (areas      (val-alist->areas cval-alist))
		   (selector   (alist-ref 'selector cval-alist))
		   (mode-tag   (and selector (string-split-fields "/" selector #:infix)))
		   (mode-patt  (and mode-tag (if (eq? (length mode-tag) 2)(cadr mode-tag) #f)))
		   (tag-expr   (and mode-tag (if (null? mode-tag) #f (car mode-tag)))))
	      (print "contour: " contour " areas=" areas " cval=" cval)
	      (for-each
	       (lambda (runkeydatset) 
		 ;; (print "runkeydatset: ")(pp runkeydatset)
		 (let ((runkey     (car runkeydatset))
		       (runkeydats (cadr runkeydatset)))
		   (for-each
		    (lambda (runkeydat)
		      (for-each
		       (lambda (area)

	      (mtconf    (car mtconfdat))
	      (area      (args:get-arg "-area")) ;; look up the area to dispatch to from [areas] section
	      (areasec   (if area (configf:lookup mtconf "areas" area) #f))
	      (areadat   (if areasec (val->alist areasec) #f))
	      (area-path (if areadat (alist-ref 'path areadat) #f))
	      (pktsdirs  (configf:lookup mtconf "setup" "pktsdirs"))
	      (pktsdir   (if pktsdirs (car (string-split pktsdirs " ")) #f))
	      (adjargs   (hash-table-copy args:arg-hash))
	      (new-ss    (args:get-arg "-new")))
	 ;; check a few things
	 (if (and area
		  (not area-path))
	     (begin
	       (print "ERROR: the specified area was not found in the [areas] table. Area name=" area)
	       (exit 1)))
	 ;; (for-each
	 ;;  (lambda (key)
	 ;;    (if (not (member key *legal-params*))
	 ;; 	(hash-table-delete! adjargs key))) ;; we need to delete any params intended for mtutil
	 ;;  (hash-table-keys adjargs))
	 (let-values (((uuid pkt)
		       (command-line->pkt *action* adjargs #f area-path: area-path new-ss: new-ss)))
	   (write-pkt pktsdir uuid pkt))))
      ((dispatch import rungen process)
       (let* ((mtconfdat (simple-setup (args:get-arg "-start-dir")))
	      (mtconf    (car mtconfdat))
	      (toppath   (configf:lookup mtconf "scratchdat" "toppath")))
	 (case (string->symbol *action*)
	   ((process)  (begin