Megatest

   (read (open-input-string (z3:decode-buffer (base64:base64-decode instr))))))

;; dot-locking egg seems not to work, using this for now
;; if lock is older than expire-time then remove it and try again
;; to get the lock
;;
(define (common:simple-file-lock fname #!key (expire-time 300))
  (handle-exceptions
      exn
      #f ;; don't really care what went wrong right now. NOTE: I have not seen this one actually fail.
  (if (file-exists? fname)
      (if (> (- (current-seconds)(file-modification-time fname)) expire-time)
	  (begin
	    (delete-file* fname)
	    (common:simple-file-lock fname expire-time: expire-time))
	  #f)
      (let ((key-string (conc (get-host-name) "-" (current-process-id))))
	(with-output-to-file fname
	  (lambda ()
	    (print key-string)))
	(thread-sleep! 0.25)
	(if (file-exists? fname)
	    (with-input-from-file fname
	      (lambda ()
		(equal? key-string (read-line))))
	    #f))))
    (if (file-exists? fname)
	(if (> (- (current-seconds)(file-modification-time fname)) expire-time)
	    (begin
	      (delete-file* fname)
	      (common:simple-file-lock fname expire-time: expire-time))
	    #f)
	(let ((key-string (conc (get-host-name) "-" (current-process-id))))
	  (with-output-to-file fname
	    (lambda ()
	      (print key-string)))
	  (thread-sleep! 0.25)
	  (if (file-exists? fname)
	      (with-input-from-file fname
		(lambda ()
		  (equal? key-string (read-line))))
	      #f)))))

(define (common:simple-file-lock-and-wait fname #!key (expire-time 300))
  (let ((end-time (+ expire-time (current-seconds))))
    (let loop ((got-lock (common:simple-file-lock fname expire-time: expire-time)))
      (if got-lock
	  #t
	  (if (> end-time (current-seconds))
	      (begin
		(thread-sleep! 3)
	      (loop (common:simple-file-lock fname expire-time: expire-time))
		(loop (common:simple-file-lock fname expire-time: expire-time)))
	      #f)))))

(define (common:simple-file-release-lock fname)
  (handle-exceptions
      exn
      #f ;; I don't really care why this failed (at least for now)
  (delete-file* fname))
    (delete-file* fname)))

;;======================================================================
;; S T A T E S   A N D   S T A T U S E S
;;======================================================================

(define *common:std-states*   
  '((0 "ARCHIVED")

;; Force creation of the db in case it isn't already there.
(tasks:open-db)

(define (dashboard:get-youngest-run-db-mod-time dbdir)
  (handle-exceptions
   exn
   (begin
     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: error in accessing databases in get-youngest-run-db-mod-time: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) " db-dir="dbdir)
     (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "WARNING: error in accessing databases in get-youngest-run-db-mod-time: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) " db-dir="dbdir)
     (current-seconds)) ;; something went wrong - just print an error and return current-seconds
   (common:max (map (lambda (filen)
		      (file-modification-time filen))
		    (glob (conc dbdir "/*.db*"))))))

(define (dashboard:monitor-changed? commondat tabdat)
  (let* ((run-update-time (current-seconds))

                                 (start-res (http-transport:client-connect host port))
                                 (ping-res  (rmt:login-no-auto-client-setup start-res)))
			    (if (and start-res
				     ping-res)
				(let ((url  (http-transport:server-dat-make-url start-res)))
				  (remote-conndat-set! *runremote* start-res)
				  (remote-server-url-set! *runremote* url)
				  (if (server:ping url)
				  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "connected to " url " using CMDINFO data."))
				      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "connected to " url " using CMDINFO data.")
				      (begin
					(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "have CMDINFO data but failed to connect to " url)
					(remote-conndat-set! *runremote* #f)
					(remote-server-url-set! *runremote* #f))))
				(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "received " host ":" port " for url but could not connect.")
				)))))))
	  ;; NFS might not have propagated the directory meta data to the run host - give it time if needed
	  (let loop ((count 0))
	    (if (or (file-exists? top-path)
		    (> count 10))
		(change-directory top-path)