Megatest

      (getenv "MT_TESTSUITE_NAME")
      (if (string? *toppath* )
          (pathname-file *toppath*)
          #f))) ;; (pathname-file (current-directory)))))

(define common:get-area-name common:get-testsuite-name)

(define (common:get-db-tmp-area)
(define (common:get-db-tmp-area . junk)
  (if *db-cache-path*
      *db-cache-path*
      (if *toppath*
	  (let ((dbpath (create-directory (conc "/tmp/" (current-user-name)
						"/megatest_localdb/"
						(common:get-testsuite-name) "/"
						(string-translate *toppath* "/" ".")) #t)))
	    (set! *db-cache-path* dbpath)
	    dbpath)
      (if *toppath* ;; common:get-create-writeable-dir
	  (handle-exceptions
	      exn
	      (begin
		(debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Couldn't create path to " dbdir)
		(exit 1))
	    (let ((dbpath (common:get-create-writeable-dir
			   (list (conc "/tmp/" (current-user-name)
				       "/megatest_localdb/"
				       (common:get-testsuite-name) "/"
				       (string-translate *toppath* "/" ".")))))) ;;  #t))))
	      (set! *db-cache-path* dbpath)
	      dbpath))
	  #f)))

(define (common:get-area-path-signature)
  (message-digest-string (md5-primitive) *toppath*))

(define (common:get-signature str)
  (message-digest-string (md5-primitive) str))

	    (let ((match (assoc var sectdat)))
	      (if match ;; (and match (list? match)(> (length match) 1))
		  (cadr match)
		  #f))
	    ))
      #f))

;; use to have definitive setting:
;;  [foo]
;;  var yes
;;
;;  (configf:var-is? cfgdat "foo" "var" "yes") => #t
;;
(define (configf:var-is? cfgdat section var expected-val)
  (equal? (configf:lookup cfgdat section var) expected-val))

(define configf:lookup config-lookup)
(define configf:read-file read-config)

;; safely look up a value that is expected to be a number, return
;; a default (#f unless provided)
;;
(define (configf:lookup-number cfdat section varname #!key (default #f))

;;     (filedb:get-path db id)))

;; NB// #f => return dbdir only
;;      (was planned to be;  zeroth db with name=main.db)
;; 
;; If run-id is #f return to create and retrieve the path where the db will live.
;;
(define (db:dbfile-path . junk) ;;  run-id)
  (let* ((dbdir           (common:get-db-tmp-area)))
(define db:dbfile-path common:get-db-tmp-area)
    (handle-exceptions
     exn
     (begin
       (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Couldn't create path to " dbdir)
       (exit 1))
     (if (not (directory? dbdir))(create-directory dbdir #t)))
    dbdir))

(define (db:set-sync db)
  (let ((syncprag (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "sychronous")))
    (sqlite3:execute db (conc "PRAGMA synchronous = " (or syncprag 0) ";")))) 

;; open an sql database inside a file lock
;; returns: db existed-prior-to-opening