Megatest

	     (if (string-match (regexp modpatt) item)
		 (set! res #t))))
	 (string-split patts ","))
	res)
      #t))

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;; '(print (string-intersperse (map cadr (hash-table-ref/default (read-config "megatest.config" \#f \#t) "disks" '"'"'("none" ""))) "\n"))'
;; '(print (string-intersperse (map cadr (hash-table-ref/default (configf:read-config "megatest.config" \#f \#t) "disks" '"'"'("none" ""))) "\n"))'
(define (common:get-disks #!key (configf #f))
  (hash-table-ref/default 
   (or configf (read-config "megatest.config" #f #t))
   (or configf (configf:read-config "megatest.config" #f #t))
   "disks" '("none" "")))

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;; return first command that exists, else #f
;;
(define (common:which cmds)
  (if (null? cmds)

  
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;; T A R G E T S  ,   S T A T E ,   S T A T U S ,   
;;                    R U N N A M E    A N D   T E S T P A T T
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;; (map print (map car (hash-table->alist (read-config "runconfigs.config" #f #t))))
;; (map print (map car (hash-table->alist (configf:read-config "runconfigs.config" #f #t))))
;;
(define (common:get-runconfig-targets #!key (configf #f))
  (let ((targs       (sort (map car (hash-table->alist
				     (or configf ;; NOTE: There is no value in using runconfig:read here.
					 (read-config (conc *toppath* "/runconfigs.config")
					 (configf:read-config (conc *toppath* "/runconfigs.config")
						      #f #t)
					 (make-hash-table))))
			   string<?))
	(target-patt (args:get-arg "-target")))
    (if target-patt
	(filter (lambda (x)
		  (patt-list-match x target-patt))

;; first read ~/views.config if it exists, then read $MTRAH/views.config if it exists
;;
(define (common:load-views-config)
  (let* ((view-cfgdat    (make-hash-table))
	 (home-cfgfile   (conc (get-environment-variable "HOME") "/.mtviews.config"))
	 (mthome-cfgfile (conc *toppath* "/.mtviews.config")))
    (if (common:file-exists? mthome-cfgfile)
	(read-config mthome-cfgfile view-cfgdat #t))
	(configf:read-config mthome-cfgfile view-cfgdat #t))
    ;; we load the home dir file AFTER the MTRAH file so the user can clobber settings when running the dashboard in read-only areas
    (if (common:file-exists? home-cfgfile)
	(read-config home-cfgfile view-cfgdat #t))
	(configf:read-config home-cfgfile view-cfgdat #t))
    view-cfgdat))

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;;
;; Every element including top element is a vector: