Megatest

  ;;    (run-n-wait fullrunscript)))
  ;; (tests:test-set-status! test-id "RUNNING" "n/a" #f #f)
  ;; Since we should have a clean slate at this time there is no need to do 
  ;; any of the other stuff that tests:test-set-status! does. Let's just 
  ;; force RUNNING/n/a

  ;; (thread-sleep! 0.3)
  ;; (tests:test-force-state-status! run-id test-id "RUNNING" "n/a")
  (rmt:roll-up-pass-fail-counts run-id test-name item-path #f "RUNNING" #f) 
  ;; (thread-sleep! 0.3) ;; NFS slowness has caused grief here

  ;; if there is a runscript do it first
  (if fullrunscript
      (let ((pid (process-run fullrunscript)))
	(rmt:test-set-top-process-pid run-id test-id pid)
	(let loop ((i 0))

	    (begin
	      (thread-sleep! 3) ;; (+ 3 (random 6))) ;; add some jitter to the call home time to spread out the db accesses
	      (if (hash-table-ref/default misc-flags 'keep-going #f)  ;; keep originals for cpu-load and disk-free unless they change more than the allowed delta
		  (loop (calc-minutes) (or new-cpu-load cpu-load) (or new-disk-free disk-free)))))))
    (tests:update-central-meta-info run-id test-id (get-cpu-load) (get-df (current-directory))(calc-minutes) #f #f))) ;; NOTE: Checking twice for keep-going is intentional

(define (launch:execute encoded-cmd)
  (let* ((cmdinfo    (common:read-encoded-string encoded-cmd))
	 (tconfigreg #f))
    (setenv "MT_CMDINFO" encoded-cmd)
    (if (list? cmdinfo) ;; ((testpath /tmp/mrwellan/jazzmind/src/example_run/tests/sqlitespeed)
	;; (test-name sqlitespeed) (runscript runscript.rb) (db-host localhost) (run-id 1))
	(let* ((testpath  (assoc/default 'testpath  cmdinfo))  ;; testpath is the test spec area
	       (top-path  (assoc/default 'toppath   cmdinfo))
	       (work-area (assoc/default 'work-area cmdinfo))  ;; work-area is the test run area
	       (test-name (assoc/default 'test-name cmdinfo))

	    (if (or (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")
		  (thread-sleep! 10)
		  (loop (+ count 1)))))
	  (launch:setup) ;; should be properly in the top-path now
	  (set! tconfigreg (tests:get-all))
	  (let ((sighand (lambda (signum)
			   ;; (signal-mask! signum) ;; to mask or not? seems to cause issues in exiting
			   (if (eq? signum signal/stop)
			       (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "attempt to STOP process. Exiting."))
			   (set! *time-to-exit* #t)
			   (print "Received signal " signum ", cleaning up before exit. Please wait...")
			   (let ((th1 (make-thread (lambda ()

;;     *toppath*
;;   side effects:
;;     sets; *configdat*    (megatest.config info)
;;           *runconfigdat* (runconfigs.config info)
;;           *configstatus* (status of the read data)
;;
(define (launch:setup #!key (force #f))
  (mutex-lock! *launch-setup-mutex*)
  (if (and *toppath*
	   (eq? *configstatus* 'fulldata)) ;; got it all
      (begin
	(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "NOTE: skipping launch:setup-body call since we have fulldata")
	(mutex-unlock! *launch-setup-mutex*)
	*toppath*)
      (let ((res (launch:setup-body force: force)))
	(mutex-unlock! *launch-setup-mutex*)
	res)))

(define (launch:setup-body #!key (force #f))
  (let* ((toppath  (or *toppath* (getenv "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME"))) ;; preserve toppath
	 (runname  (common:args-get-runname))
	 (target   (common:args-get-target))
	 (linktree (common:get-linktree))
	 (sections (if target (list "default" target) #f)) ;; for runconfigs
	 (mtconfig (or (args:get-arg "-config") "megatest.config")) ;; allow overriding megatest.config 
	 (rundir   (if (and runname target linktree)(conc linktree "/" target "/" runname) #f))

	 (lnkbase   (conc linktree "/" target "/" runname))
	 (lnkpath   (conc lnkbase "/" testname))
	 (lnkpathf  (conc lnkpath (if not-iterated "" "/") item-path))
	 (lnktarget (conc lnkpath "/" item-path)))

    ;; Update the rundir path in the test record for all, rundir=physical, shortdir=logical
    ;;                                                 rundir   shortdir
    (rmt:general-call 'test-set-rundir-shortdir run-id lnkpathf test-path testname item-path run-id)

    (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "INFO:\n       lnkbase=" lnkbase "\n       lnkpath=" lnkpath "\n  toptest-path=" toptest-path "\n     test-path=" test-path)
    (if (not (file-exists? linktree))
	(begin
	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: linktree did not exist! Creating it now at " linktree)
	  (create-directory linktree #t))) ;; (system (conc "mkdir -p " linktree))))
    ;; create the directory for the tests dir links, this is needed no matter what...

	  (hash-table-set! *toptest-paths* testname curr-test-path)
	  ;; NB// Was this for the test or for the parent in an iterated test?
	  (rmt:general-call 'test-set-rundir-shortdir run-id lnkpath 
			    (if (file-exists? lnkpath)
				;; (resolve-pathname lnkpath)
				(common:nice-path lnkpath)
				lnkpath)
			    testname "" run-id)
	  ;; (rmt:general-call 'test-set-rundir run-id lnkpath testname "") ;; toptest-path)
	  (if (or (not curr-test-path)
		  (not (directory-exists? toptest-path)))
	      (begin
		(debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Creating " toptest-path " and link " lnkpath)
		(handle-exceptions
		 exn

	     (not (member (db:test-get-rundir testinfo)(list "n/a" "/tmp/badname")))) ;; n/a is a placeholder and thus not a read dir
	(begin
	  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "attempting to preclean directory " (db:test-get-rundir testinfo) " for test " test-name "/" item-path)
	  (runs:remove-test-directory testinfo 'remove-data-only))) ;; remove data only, do not perturb the record

    ;; prevent overlapping actions - set to LAUNCHED as early as possible
    ;;
    ;; the following call handles waiver propogation. cannot yet condense into roll-up-pass-fail
    (tests:test-set-status! run-id test-id "LAUNCHED" "n/a" #f #f) ;; (if launch-results launch-results "FAILED"))
    (rmt:roll-up-pass-fail-counts run-id test-name item-path #f "LAUNCHED" #f)
    (set! diskpath (get-best-disk *configdat* tconfig))
    (if diskpath
	(let ((dat  (create-work-area run-id run-info keyvals test-id test-path diskpath test-name itemdat)))
	  (set! work-area (car dat))
	  (set! toptest-work-area (cadr dat))
	  (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Using work area " work-area))
	(begin