Megatest

    (if (not (file-exists? linktree))
	(begin
	  (debug:print 0 "WARNING: linktree did not exist! Creating it now at " linktree)
	  (create-directory linktree #t))) ;; (system (conc "mkdir -p " linktree))))
    ;; create the directory for the tests dir links, this is needed no matter what...
    (if (and (not (directory-exists? lnkbase))
	     (not (file-exists? lnkbase)))
	(handle-exceptions
	 exn
	 (begin
	   (debug:print "ERROR: Problem creating linktree base at " lnkbase)
	   (print-error-message exn (current-error-port)))
	(create-directory lnkbase #t))
	 (create-directory lnkbase #t)))
    
    ;; update the toptest record with its location rundir, cache the path
    ;; This wass highly inefficient, one db write for every subtest, potentially
    ;; thousands of unnecessary updates, cache the fact it was set and don't set it 
    ;; again. 

    ;; Now create the link from the test path to the link tree, however