Megatest

	 (test-names         #f)  ;; (tests:filter-test-names all-test-names test-patts))
	 (required-tests     #f)  ;;(lset-intersection equal? (string-split test-patts ",") test-names))) ;; test-names)) ;; Added test-names as initial for required-tests but that failed to work
	 (task-key           (conc (hash-table->alist flags) " " (get-host-name) " " (current-process-id)))
	 (tasks-db           (tasks:open-db)))

    (set-signal-handler! signal/int
			 (lambda (signum)
			   (signal-mask! signum)
			   (let ((tdb (tasks:open-db)))
			     (tasks:set-state-given-param-key tdb task-key "killed")
			     ;; (sqlite3:interrupt! tdb) ;; seems silly?
			     (sqlite3:finalize! tdb))
			   (print "Killed by signal " signum ". Exiting")
			   (exit)))

    ;; register this run in monitor.db
    (tasks:add tasks-db "run-tests" user target runname test-patts task-key) ;; params)
    (tasks:set-state-given-param-key tasks-db task-key "running")
    (runs:set-megatest-env-vars run-id inkeys: keys inrunname: runname) ;; these may be needed by the launching process
    (if (file-exists? runconfigf)