Megatest

;;
(define (create-work-area run-id run-info key-vals test-id test-src-path disk-path testname itemdat)
  (let* ((item-path (item-list->path itemdat))
	 (runname  (db:get-value-by-header (db:get-row run-info)
					   (db:get-header run-info)
					   "runname"))
	 ;; convert back to db: from rdb: - this is always run at server end
	 (key-vals (cdb:remote-run db:get-key-vals #f run-id))
	 (target   (string-intersperse key-vals "/"))

	 (not-iterated  (equal? "" item-path))

	 ;; all tests are found at <rundir>/test-base or <linkdir>/test-base
	 (testtop-base (conc target "/" runname "/" testname))
	 (test-base    (conc testtop-base (if not-iterated "" "/") item-path))

;; 1. look though disks list for disk with most space
;; 2. create run dir on disk, path name is meaningful
;; 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 run-id run-info key-vals runname test-conf keyvallst test-name test-path itemdat params)
  (change-directory *toppath*)
  (alist->env-vars ;; consolidate this code with the code in megatest.scm for "-execute"
   (list ;; (list "MT_TEST_RUN_DIR" work-area)
    (list "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME" *toppath*)
    (list "MT_TEST_NAME" test-name)
    ;; (list "MT_ITEM_INFO" (conc itemdat)) 
    (list "MT_RUNNAME"   runname)

	 (work-area  #f)
	 (toptest-work-area #f) ;; for iterated tests the top test contains data relevant for all
	 (diskpath   #f)
	 (cmdparms   #f)
	 (fullcmd    #f) ;; (define a (with-output-to-string (lambda ()(write x))))
	 (mt-bindir-path #f)
	 (item-path (item-list->path itemdat))
	 (test-id    (cdb:remote-run db:get-test-id #f run-id test-name item-path))
	 (testinfo   (cdb:get-test-info-by-id *runremote* test-id))
	 (mt_target  (string-intersperse (map cadr keyvallst) "/"))
	 (debug-param (append (if (args:get-arg "-debug")  (list "-debug" (args:get-arg "-debug")) '())
			      (if (args:get-arg "-logging")(list "-logging") '()))))
    (if hosts (set! hosts (string-split hosts)))
    ;; set the megatest to be called on the remote host
    (if (not remote-megatest)(set! remote-megatest local-megatest)) ;; "megatest"))