Megatest

	     (append (list todb) slave-dbs)
           )
          )
        )
	tbls)
       (let* ((runtime      (- (current-milliseconds) start-time))
	      (should-print (or ;; (debug:debug-mode 12)
				(common:low-noise-print 120 "db sync" (> runtime 500))))) ;; low and high sync times treated as separate.
			     (common:low-noise-print 120 "db sync")
			     (> runtime 500)))) ;; low and high sync times treated as separate.
	 (for-each 
	  (lambda (dat)
	    (let ((tblname (car dat))
		  (count   (cdr dat)))
	      (set! tot-count (+ tot-count count))
              )) 
	  (sort (hash-table->alist numrecs)(lambda (a b)(> (cdr a)(cdr b))))))

	 (uniqn   (get-area-path-signature (conc dbnum params)))
	 (crumbn  (conc destdir"/"(current-seconds)"-"uniqn"."(current-process-id))))
    (if (not (file-exists? destdir))(create-directory (conc destdir"/attic") #t))
    (let loop ((count 0))
      (let* ((currlks (glob (conc destdir"/*")))
	     (numqrys (length currlks))
	     (delayval (cond ;; do a droopish curve
			((> numqrys 50)
			((> numqrys 25)
			 (if (> numqrys 50)
			     (for-each
			      (lambda (f)
				(if (> (- (current-seconds)
					  (handle-exceptions
					      exn
					    (current-seconds) ;; file is likely gone, just fake out
					    (file-modification-time f)))
				       (keep-age-param))
				    (let* ((basedir (pathname-directory f))
					   (filen   (pathname-file f))
					   (destf   (conc basedir"/attic/"filen)))
				      (dbfile:print-err "Moving qif file "f" older than 10 seconds to "destf)
				      ;; (delete-file* f)
				      (handle-exceptions
					  exn
					#t
					(file-move f destf #t)))))
			      currlks))
			 (for-each
			  (lambda (f)
			    (if (> (- (current-seconds)
				      (handle-exceptions
					  exn
					(current-seconds) ;; file is likely gone, just fake out
					(file-modification-time f)))
				   (keep-age-param))
				(let* ((basedir (pathname-directory f))
				       (filen   (pathname-file f))
				       (destf   (conc basedir"/attic/"filen)))
				  (dbfile:print-err "Moving qif file "f" older than 10 seconds to "destf)
				  ;; (delete-file* f)
				  (handle-exceptions
				      exn
				    #t
				    (file-move f destf #t)))))
			  currlks)
			 1) ;; 50 and above => 1
			((> numqrys 10)  (dbfile:droop numqrys)) ;; slope of 1/100
			 4)
			((> numqrys 0)  (dbfile:droop numqrys)) ;; slope of 1/100
			;; ((> numqrys 30) 0.50)
			;; ((> numqrys 25) 0.20)
			;; ((> numqrys 20) 0.10)
			;; ((> numqrys 15) 0.05)
			;; ((> numqrys 10) 0.01)
			(else #f))))
	(if (and delayval
		 (< count 5))
	    (begin
	      (thread-sleep! delayval)
	      (loop (+ count 1))))))
    (with-output-to-file crumbn