Megatest

;; 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 test-id 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)

	 (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"))
    (set! mt-bindir-path (pathname-directory remote-megatest))
    (if launcher (set! launcher (string-split launcher)))

				     (list 'itemdat   itemdat  )
				     (list 'megatest  remote-megatest)
				     (list 'ezsteps   ezsteps) 
				     (list 'target    mt_target)
				     (list 'env-ovrd  (hash-table-ref/default *configdat* "env-override" '())) 
				     (list 'set-vars  (if params (hash-table-ref/default params "-setvars" #f)))
				     (list 'runname   runname)
				     (list 'mt-bindir-path mt-bindir-path))))))) ;; (string-intersperse keyvallst " "))))
    ;; clean out step records from previous run if they exist
    ;; (debug:print-info 4 "FIXMEEEEE!!!! This can be removed some day, perhaps move all test records to the test db?")
    ;; (open-run-close db:delete-test-step-records db test-id)
    (change-directory work-area) ;; so that log files from the launch process don't clutter the test dir
    (tests:test-set-status! test-id "LAUNCHED" "n/a" #f #f) ;; (if launch-results launch-results "FAILED"))
    (cond
     ((and launcher hosts) ;; must be using ssh hostname