Megatest

	  ;; immediated set some key variables from CMDINFO data, yes, these will be set again below ...
	  ;;
	  (setenv "MT_TESTSUITENAME" areaname)
	  (setenv "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME" top-path)
	  (set! *toppath* top-path)
	  (setenv "MT_TEST_RUN_DIR"  work-area)

	;;    ;; On NFS it can be slow and unreliable to get needed startup information.
	;;    ;;  i. Check if we are on the homehost, if so, proceed
	;;    ;; ii. Check if host and port passed in via CMDINFO are valid and if
	;;    ;;     possible use them.
	;;    (let ((bestadrs (server:get-best-guess-address (get-host-name)))
	;;    	(needcare #f))
	;;      (if (equal? homehost bestadrs) ;; we are likely on the homehost
	;;    	(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "test " test-name " appears to be running on the homehost " homehost)
	;;    	(let ((host-port (if serverurl (string-split serverurl ":") #f)))
	;;    	  (if (not *runremote*)(set! *runremote* (make-remote))) ;; init *runremote*
	;;    	  (if (string? homehost)
	;;    	      (if (and host-port
	;;    		       (> (length host-port) 1))
	;;    		  (let* ((host      (car host-port))
        ;;                           (port      (cadr host-port))
        ;;                           (start-res (http-transport:client-connect host port))
        ;;                           (ping-res  (rmt:login-no-auto-client-setup start-res)))
	;;    		    (if (and start-res
	;;    			     ping-res)
	;;    			;; (begin ;; let ((url  (http-transport:server-dat-make-url start-res)))
	;;    			(begin
	;;    			  (remote-conndat-set! *runremote* start-res)
	;;    			  ;; (remote-server-url-set! *runremote* url)
	;;    			  ;; (if (server:ping url)
	;;    			  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "connected to " host ":" port " using CMDINFO data."))
	;;    			(begin
	;;    			  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "have CMDINFO data but failed to connect to " host ":" port)
	;;    			  (set! *runremote* #f))
	;;    			  ;; (remote-conndat-set! *runremote* #f))
	;;    			))
	;;    		  (begin
	;;    		    (set! *runremote* #f)
	;;    		    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* (if host-port
	;;    							       (conc "received invalid host-port information " host-port)
	;;    							       "no host-port information received"))
	;;    		    ;; potential for bad situation if simultaneous starting of hundreds of jobs on servers, set needcare.
	;;    		    (set! needcare #t)))
	;;    	      (begin
	;;    		(set! *runremote* #f)
	;;    		(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "received no homehost information. Please report this to support as it should not happen.")
	;;    		(set! needcare #t)))))
	;;      (if needcare  ;; due to very slow NFS we will do a brute force mkdir to ensure that the directory inode it truly available on this host
	;;    	(let ((logdir (conc top-path "/logs"))) ;; we'll try to create this directory
	;;    	  (handle-exceptions
	;;    	      exn
	;;    	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Failed to create directory " logdir " expect problems, message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
	;;    	    (create-directory logdir #t)))))
	;;    	  
	  ;; NFS might not have propagated the directory meta data to the run host - give it time if needed
	  (let loop ((count 0))
	    (if (or (common:file-exists? top-path)
		    (> count 10))
		(change-directory top-path)
		(begin
		  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Not starting job yet - directory " top-path " not found")

;; 3. create link from run dir to megatest runs area 
;; 4. remotely run the test on allocated host
;;    - could be ssh to host from hosts table (update regularly with load)
;;    - could be netbatch
;;      (launch-test db (cadr status) test-conf))
(define (launch-test test-id run-id run-info keyvals runname test-conf test-name test-path itemdat params)
  (mutex-lock! *launch-setup-mutex*) ;; setting variables and processing the testconfig is NOT thread-safe, reuse the launch-setup mutex
  (let* ( ;; (lock-key        (conc "test-" test-id))
	;; (got-lock        (let loop ((lock        (rmt:no-sync-get-lock lock-key))
	;; 			     (expire-time (+ (current-seconds) 15))) ;; give up on getting the lock and steal it after 15 seconds
	;; 		    (if (car lock)
	;; 			#t
	;; 			(if (> (current-seconds) expire-time)
	;; 			    (begin
	;; 			      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Timed out waiting for a lock to launch test " keyvals " " runname " " test-name " " test-path)
	;; 			      (rmt:no-sync-del! lock-key) ;; destroy the lock
	;; 			      (loop (rmt:no-sync-get-lock lock-key) expire-time)) ;; 
	;; 			    (begin
	;; 			      (thread-sleep! 1)
	;; 			      (loop (rmt:no-sync-get-lock lock-key) expire-time))))))
	 (item-path       (item-list->path itemdat))
	 (contour         #f)) ;; NOT READY FOR THIS (args:get-arg "-contour")))
    (let loop ((delta        (- (current-seconds) *last-launch*))
	       (launch-delay (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "setup" "launch-delay" default: 1)))
      (if (> launch-delay delta)
	  (begin
	    (if (common:low-noise-print 1200 "test launch delay") ;; every two hours or so remind the user about launch delay.
		(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "NOTE: test launches are delayed by " launch-delay " seconds. See megatest.config launch-delay setting to adjust.")) ;; launch of " test-name " for " (- launch-delay delta) " seconds"))

					      cmdstr
					      (conc cmdstr " >> mt_launch.log 2>&1 &")))
					(car fullcmd))
				    (if useshell
					'()
					(cdr fullcmd)))))
        (mutex-unlock! *launch-setup-mutex*) ;; yes, really should mutex all the way to here. Need to put this entire process into a fork.
	;; (rmt:no-sync-del! lock-key)         ;; release the lock for starting this test
	(if (not launchwait) ;; give the OS a little time to allow the process to start
	    (thread-sleep! 0.01))
	(with-output-to-file "mt_launch.log"
	  (lambda ()
	    (print "LAUNCHCMD: " (string-intersperse fullcmd " "))
	    (if (list? launch-results)
		(apply print launch-results)