Megatest

	    tlist
	    target)
	(if target
	    (begin
	      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Invalid target, spaces or blanks not allowed \"" target "\", target should be: " (string-intersperse keys "/") ", have " tlist " for elements")
	      #f)
	    #f))))

;; logic for getting homehost. Returns (host . at-home)
;;
(define (common:get-homehost)
  (let* ((currhost (get-host-name))
	 (bestadrs (server:get-best-guess-address currhost))
	 ;; first look in config, then look in file .homehost, create it if not found
	 (homehost (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "homehost" )
		       (let ((hhf (conc *toppath* "/.homehost")))
			 (if (file-exists? hhf)
			     (with-input-from-file hhf read-line)
			     (if (file-write-access? *toppath*)
				 (begin
				   (with-output-to-file hhf
				     (lambda ()
				       (print bestadrs)))
				   (common:get-homehost))
				 #f)))))
	 (at-home  (or (equal? homehost currhost)
		       (equal? homehost bestadrs))))
    (cons homehost at-home)))

;;======================================================================
;; M I S C   L I S T S
;;======================================================================

;; items in lista are matched value and position in listb
;; return the remaining items in listb or #f

;;  grep define ../rmt.scm | grep rmt: |perl -pi -e 's/\(define\s+\((\S+)\W.*$/\1/'|sort -u


;;======================================================================
;;  S U P P O R T   F U N C T I O N S
;;======================================================================





















;; if a server is either running or in the process of starting call client:setup
;; else return #f to let the calling proc know that there is no server available
;;
(define (rmt:get-connection-info run-id)
  (let ((cinfo (hash-table-ref/default *runremote* run-id #f)))
    (if cinfo
	cinfo


	(if (tasks:server-running-or-starting? (db:delay-if-busy (tasks:open-db)) run-id)
	    (client:setup run-id)
	    #f))))

(define *send-receive-mutex* (make-mutex)) ;; should have separate mutex per run-id

;; RA => e.g. usage (rmt:send-receive 'get-var #f (list varname))

	;; no connection info? try to start a server, or access locally if no
	;; server and the query is read-only
	;;
	;; Note: The tasks db was checked for a server in starting mode in the rmt:get-connection-info call
	;;
	(if (and (< attemptnum 15)
		 (member cmd api:write-queries))
	    (let ((homehost  (common:get-homehost))) ;; faststart (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "faststart")))
	      (hash-table-delete! *runremote* run-id)
	      ;; (mutex-unlock! *send-receive-mutex*)
	      (if (not (cdr homehost)) ;; we always require a server if not on homehost ;; (and faststart (equal? faststart "no"))
		  (begin
		    (tasks:start-and-wait-for-server (db:delay-if-busy (tasks:open-db)) run-id 10)
		    (thread-sleep! (random 5)) ;; give some time to settle and minimize collison?
		    (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params attemptnum: (+ attemptnum 1)))
		  ;; NB - probably can remove the query time stuff but need to discuss it ....
		  (let ((start-time (current-milliseconds))
			(max-query  (string->number (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "server-query-threshold")
							"300")))
			(newres     (rmt:open-qry-close-locally cmd run-id params)))
		    (let ((delta (- (current-milliseconds) start-time)))
		      (if (> delta max-query)
			  (begin
			    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: long query times, you may have an overloaded homehost.") ;; Starting server as query time " delta " is over the limit of " max-query)
			    ;; (server:kind-run run-id)))
			    ))
		      ;; return the result!
		      newres)
		    )))
	    (begin
	      ;; (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Communication failed!")
	      ;; (mutex-unlock! *send-receive-mutex*)
	      ;; (exit)