Megatest

    (if tdb
	(begin
	  (sqlite3:execute tdb "DELETE FROM test_steps;")
	  (sqlite3:execute tdb "DELETE FROM test_data;")
	  (sqlite3:finalize! tdb)))))

;; 
(define (db:delete-test-records db tdb test-id)
  (if tdb 
      (begin
	(sqlite3:execute tdb "DELETE FROM test_steps;")
	(sqlite3:execute tdb "DELETE FROM test_data;")))
  ;; (sqlite3:execute db "DELETE FROM tests WHERE id=?;" test-id))
  (if db 
      (begin
	(sqlite3:execute db "DELETE FROM test_steps WHERE test_id=?;" test-id)
	(sqlite3:execute db "DELETE FROM test_data  WHERE test_id=?;" test-id)
	(sqlite3:execute db "UPDATE tests SET state='DELETED',status='n/a' WHERE test_id=?;" test-id))))

(define (db:delete-old-deleted-test-records db)
  (let ((targtime (- (current-seconds)(* 30 24 60 60)))) ;; one month in the past
    (sqlite3:exectute db "DELETE FROM tests WHERE state='DELETED' AND event_time<?;" targtime)))

;; set tests with state currstate and status currstatus to newstate and newstatus
;; use currstate = #f and or currstatus = #f to apply to any state or status respectively
;; WARNING: SQL injection risk
(define (db:set-tests-state-status db run-id testnames currstate currstatus newstate newstatus)
  (for-each (lambda (testname)
	      (let ((qry (conc "UPDATE tests SET state=?,status=? WHERE "

     (lambda (count)
       (set! res count))
     db ;; NB// KILLREQ means the jobs is still probably running
     "SELECT count(id) FROM tests WHERE state in ('LAUNCHED','NOT_STARTED','REMOTEHOSTSTART','RUNNING','KILLREQ') AND run_id=?;" run-id)
    res))

;; map run-id, testname item-path to test-id
(define (db:get-test-id-cached db run-id testname item-path)
  (let* ((test-key (conc run-id "-" testname "-" item-path))
	 (res      (hash-table-ref/default *test-ids* test-key #f)))
    (if res 
	res
	(begin
	  (sqlite3:for-each-row
	   (lambda (id) ;;  run-id testname state status event-time host cpuload diskfree uname rundir item-path run_duration final_logf comment )
	     (set! res id)) ;; (vector id run-id testname state status event-time host cpuload diskfree uname rundir item-path run_duration final_logf comment )))
	   db 
	   "SELECT id FROM tests WHERE run_id=? AND testname=? AND item_path=?;"
	   run-id testname item-path)
	  (hash-table-set! *test-ids* test-key res)
	  res))))

;; map run-id, testname item-path to test-id
(define (db:get-test-id-not-cached db run-id testname item-path)
  (let* ((res #f))
    (sqlite3:for-each-row
     (lambda (id) ;;  run-id testname state status event-time host cpuload diskfree uname rundir item-path run_duration final_logf comment )
       (set! res id)) ;; (vector id run-id testname state status event-time host cpuload diskfree uname rundir item-path run_duration final_logf comment )))
     db 
     "SELECT id FROM tests WHERE run_id=? AND testname=? AND item_path=?;"
     run-id testname item-path)
    res))

(define db:get-test-id db:get-test-id-cached)

;; given a test-info record, patch in the latest data from the testdat.db file
;; found in the test run directory
(define (db:patch-tdb-data-into-test-info db test-id res)
  (let ((tdb (db:open-test-db-by-test-id db test-id)))
    ;; get state and status from megatest.db in real time
    ;; other fields that perhaps should be updated:

							  (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 4 "INFO: FIXMEEEEE!!!! This can be removed some day, perhaps move all test records to the test db?")
    (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
    (open-run-close test-set-status! db test-id "LAUNCHED" "n/a" #f #f) ;; (if launch-results launch-results "FAILED"))
    (cond
     ((and launcher hosts) ;; must be using ssh hostname
      (set! fullcmd (append launcher (car hosts)(list remote-megatest test-sig "-execute" cmdparms) debug-param)))
     ;; (set! fullcmd (append launcher (car hosts)(list remote-megatest test-sig "-execute" cmdparms))))
     (launcher

     (lambda (run)
       (let ((runkey (string-intersperse (map (lambda (k)
						(db:get-value-by-header run header (vector-ref k 0))) keys) "/"))
	     (dirs-to-remove (make-hash-table)))
	 (let* ((run-id    (db:get-value-by-header run header "id"))
		(run-state (db:get-value-by-header run header "state"))
		(tests     (if (not (equal? run-state "locked"))
			       (db:get-tests-for-run db (db:get-value-by-header run header "id")
						      testpatt itempatt states statuses
						      not-in:  #f
						      sort-by: (case action
								 ((remove-runs) 'rundir)
								 (else          'event_time)))
			       '()))
		(lasttpath "/does/not/exist/I/hope"))

		    (debug:print 1 "Modifying state and staus for tests for run: " runkey " " (db:get-value-by-header run header "runname")))
		   (else
		    (print "INFO: action not recognised " action)))
		 (for-each
		  (lambda (test)
		    (let* ((item-path (db:test-get-item-path test))
			   (test-name (db:test-get-testname test))
			   (run-dir   (db:test-get-rundir test))
			   (test-id   (db:test-get-id test)))
		      ;;   (tdb       (db:open-test-db run-dir)))
		      (debug:print 1 "  " (db:test-get-testname test) " id: " (db:test-get-id test) " " item-path " action: " action)
		      (case action
			((remove-runs) ;; the tdb is for future possible. 
			 (db:delete-test-records db #f (db:test-get-id test))
			 (debug:print 1 "INFO: Attempting to remove dir " run-dir)
			 (if (and (> (string-length run-dir) 5)
				  (file-exists? run-dir)) ;; bad heuristic but should prevent /tmp /home etc.
			     (let* ((realpath (resolve-pathname run-dir)))
			       (debug:print 1 "INFO: Real path of is " realpath)
			       (if (file-exists? realpath)
				   (if (> (system (conc "rm -rf " realpath)) 0)

					       (debug:print 0 "WARNING: refusing to remove " run-dir " as it is not empty")
					       (delete-directory run-dir)) ;; it should be empty by here BUG BUG, add error catch
					   (debug:print 0 "ERROR: refusing to remove " run-dir " as it is neither a symlink nor a directory")
					   ))))
			     (debug:print 0 "WARNING: directory already removed " run-dir)))
			((set-state-status)
			 (debug:print 2 "INFO: new state " (car state-status) ", new status " (cadr state-status))
			 (open-run-close db:test-set-state-status-by-id db (db:test-get-id test) (car state-status)(cadr state-status) #f)))))
		  tests)))
	   
	   ;; remove the run if zero tests remain
	   (if (eq? action 'remove-runs)
	       (let ((remtests (db:get-tests-for-run db (db:get-value-by-header run header "id") #f #f '() '())))
		 (if (null? remtests) ;; no more tests remaining
		     (let* ((dparts  (string-split lasttpath "/"))
			    (runpath (conc "/" (string-intersperse 
						(take dparts (- (length dparts) 1))
						"/"))))
		       (debug:print 1 "Removing run: " runkey " " (db:get-value-by-header run header "runname"))
		       (db:delete-run db run-id)
		       ;; This is a pretty good place to purge old DELETED tests
		       (db:delete-old-deleted-test-records db)
		       ;; need to figure out the path to the run dir and remove it if empty
		       ;;    (if (null? (glob (conc runpath "/*")))
		       ;;        (begin
		       ;; 	 (debug:print 1 "Removing run dir " runpath)
		       ;; 	 (system (conc "rmdir -p " runpath))))
		       )))))
	 ))