Megatest

		 (case ping-res
		   ((running)
                    (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Setting conn = " conn " in hash table")
		    (hash-table-set! (tt-conns ttdat) dbfname conn) ;;; is this ok to save before validating that the connection is good?
		    conn)
		   ((starting)
		    (thread-sleep! 0.5)
                    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "server for " dbfname " is in starting state, retrying connect")
		    (tt:client-connect-to-server ttdat dbfname run-id testsuite))
		   (else
		    (let* ((curr-secs (current-seconds)))
		      ;; rm the (last server) would go here
		      (if (> (- curr-secs (tt-last-serv-start ttdat)) 10)
			  (begin
			    (tt-last-serv-start-set! ttdat curr-secs)
			    (server-start-proc))) ;; start server if 10 sec since last attempt
		      (thread-sleep! 1)
                      (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "server ping result was neither running nor starting. Retrying connect")
		      (tt:client-connect-to-server ttdat dbfname run-id testsuite)))))))
	    (else ;; no good server found, if haven't started server in > 5 secs, start another
	     (if (> (- (current-seconds) (tt-last-serv-start ttdat)) 3) ;; BUG - grow this number really do not want to swamp the machine with servers
		 (begin
		   (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Starting server for "dbfname)
		   (server-start-proc)
		   (tt-last-serv-start-set! ttdat (current-seconds))
                   (thread-sleep! 3)
                   ))
	     (thread-sleep! 1)
             (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Connect to server for " dbfname)
	     (tt:client-connect-to-server ttdat dbfname run-id testsuite)))))))

(define (tt:timed-ping host port server-id)
  (let* ((start-time (current-milliseconds))
	 (result     (tt:ping host port server-id)))
    (cons result (- (current-milliseconds) start-time))))
    

;; client side handler
;;
;;(tt:handler #<tt> get-keys #f () 2 #f "/home/matt/data/megatest/ext-tests" #f "main.db" "ext-tests" "/home/matt/data/megatest/bin/.22.04/../megatest")
;;
(define (tt:handler ttdat cmd run-id params attemptnum area-dat areapath readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe)
  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "tt:handler cmd: " cmd " run-id: " run-id " attemptnum: " attemptnum)
  ;; NOTE: areapath is passed in and in tt struct. We'll use passed in value for now.
  ;; connect-to-server will start a server if needed.
  (let* ((conn (tt:client-connect-to-server ttdat dbfname run-id testsuite))) ;; (hash-table-ref/default (tt-conns ttdat) dbfname #f)))
    (if conn
	;; have connection, call the server
	(let* ((res (tt:send-receive ttdat conn cmd run-id params)))
	  ;; res is (status errmsg result meta)
         ; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "conn:" conn " res: " res)
	  (match res

	       ((loaded)
		(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: server for "dbfname" is loaded, slowing queries.")
		(tt:backoff-incr (tt-conn-host conn)(tt-conn-port conn))
		result) ;; (tt:handler  ttdat cmd run-id params (+ attemptnum 1) area-dat areapath readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe))
	       (else
		result)))
	    (else ;; did not receive properly formated result
	     (if (not res) ;; tt:send-receive telling us that communication failed
		 (let* ((host    (tt-conn-host conn))
			(port    (tt-conn-port conn))
			;; (dbfname (tt-conn-port conn)) ;; 192.168.0.127:4242-726924:4.db
			(pid     (tt-conn-pid  conn))
                        ;;(servinf (tt-conn-servinf-file conn))) 
			(servinf (tt-servinf-file ttdat))) ;; (conc areapath"/.servinfo/"host":"port"-"pid":"dbfname))) ;; TODO, use (server:get-servinfo-dir areapath)
		   (hash-table-set! (tt-conns ttdat) dbfname #f)

				     ;; start server - addressed in client-connect-to-server
				     ;; delay        - addressed in client-connect-to-server
				     ;; try again
				     (thread-sleep! 0.25) ;; dunno, I think this needs to be here
				     (tt:handler ttdat cmd run-id params (+ attemptnum 1) area-dat areapath readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe))
				   ))))
		       (begin ;; no server file, delay and try again
			 (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "INFO: connection to server "host":"port" broken for "dbfname", no servinf file. Server exited? ")
			 (thread-sleep! 0.5)
			 (tt:handler ttdat cmd run-id params (+ attemptnum 1) area-dat areapath readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe))))
		 (begin ;; this case is where res is malformed. Probably should abort
		   (assert #f "FATAL: tt:handler received bad data "res)
		   ;; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: got corrupt data from server "host":"port", "res", for "dbfname", will try again.")
		   ;; (tt:handler ttdat cmd run-id params (+ attemptnum 1) area-dat areapath readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe)
		   )))))

(define (tt:start-server areapath run-id dbfname-in handler keys)
  (assert areapath "FATAL: areapath not provided for tt:start-server")
  ;; is there already a server for this dbfile? Then exit.
  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "tt:start-server: " dbfname-in)
  (let* ((ttdat   (make-tt areapath: areapath))
	 (dbfname (or dbfname-in (dbmod:run-id->dbfname run-id)))
	 (servers (tt:find-server areapath dbfname))) ;; should use tt:get-current-server-info instead
         (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Found " (length servers) " already running for " dbfname)
    (if (> (length servers) 0)
	(begin
	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: found server(s) already running for db "dbfname", "(string-intersperse servers ",")" Exiting.")
	  (exit))
	(let* ((dbstruct   (dbmod:open-dbmoddb areapath run-id dbfname (dbfile:db-init-proc) keys)))
	  (tt-handler-set! ttdat (handler dbstruct))
	  (let* ((tcp-thread (make-thread
			      (lambda ()

		    (if (tt-cleanup-proc ttdat)
			((tt-cleanup-proc ttdat)))
		    (dbfile:with-no-sync-db nosyncdbpath
					    (lambda (db)
					      (let* ((dbtmpname (dbr:dbstruct-dbtmpname dbstruct)))
						(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Running clean up, including removing db file "dbtmpname)
						(db:no-sync-del! db dbfname)

                                                ))))))
    (set! *server-info* ttdat)
    (let loop ((count 0))
      (if (> count 240)
	  (begin
	    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "FATAL: Could not start a tcp server, giving up.")
	    (exit 1))
	  (if (not (tt-port ttdat)) ;; no connection yet

						(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Failed to get server lock for "dbfname)
						#f))))))
			  (if (and res (common:low-noise-print 120 "top server message"))
			      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Keep running, I'm the top server for "
						dbfname" on "(tt-host ttdat)":"(tt-port ttdat)))
			  res))
		       (else
                        ;; wrong servinfo file
			(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "I'm not the lead server: "servers)
			(let* ((leadsrv (car servers)))
			  (match leadsrv
			    ((host port startseconds server-id pid dbfname servinfofile)
			     (let* ((result  (tt:timed-ping host port server-id))
				    (res     (car result))
				    (ping    (cdr result)))

			     " -server - ";; (or target-host "-")
			     " -m testsuite:"testsuite
			     " -db "dbfname ;; (dbmod:run-id->dbfname run-id)
			     " " profile-mode
			     (conc " >> " logfile " 2>&1 &"))))
	    ;; we want the remote server to start in *toppath* so push there
	    ;; (push-directory areapath) ;; use cd in the command line instead
	    (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "INFO: Trying to start server in tcp mode (" cmdln ") at "(common:human-time)" for "areapath)
	    ;; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: starting server at " (common:human-time))

	    (system cmdln)
	    ;; ;; use below to go back to nbfake - nbfake does cause trouble ...
	    ;; (setenv "NBFAKE_QUIET" "yes") ;; BUG: change to with-environment-variable ...
	    ;; (setenv "NBFAKE_LOG" logfile)
	    ;; (system (conc "cd "areapath" ; nbfake " cmdln))