@@ -1145,11 +1145,11 @@
                                    (cons 1 (conc *toppath* "/runs"))
                                    (loop (car tail) (cdr tail)))))))))))))) ;; the code creates the necessary directories if it does not exist and returns the path.
 
 
 (define (launch:test-copy test-src-path test-path)
-  (let* ((ovrcmd (let ((cmd (config-lookup *configdat* "setup" "testcopycmd")))
+  (let* ((ovrcmd (let ((cmd (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "testcopycmd")))
 		   (if cmd
 		       ;; substitute the TEST_SRC_PATH and TEST_TARG_PATH
 		       (string-substitute "TEST_TARG_PATH" test-path
 					  (string-substitute "TEST_SRC_PATH" test-src-path cmd #t) #t)
 		       #f)))
@@ -1198,11 +1198,11 @@
 	 (toptest-path (conc disk-path (if contour (conc "/" contour) "") "/" testtop-base))
 	 (test-path    (conc disk-path (if contour (conc "/" contour) "") "/" test-base))
 
 	 ;; ensure this exists first as links to subtests must be created there
 	 (linktree  (common:get-linktree))
-	 ;; WAS: (let ((rd (config-lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree")))
+	 ;; WAS: (let ((rd (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree")))
 	 ;;         (if rd rd (conc *toppath* "/runs"))))
 	 ;; which seems wrong ...
 
 	 (lnkbase   (conc linktree (if contour (conc "/" contour) "") "/" target "/" runname))
 	 (lnkpath   (conc lnkbase "/" testname))
@@ -1387,23 +1387,23 @@
            ;; for tconfig, why do we allow fallback to test-conf?
 	   (tconfig         (or (tests:get-testconfig test-name item-path tregistry #t force-create: #t)
 				(begin
                                   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: falling back to pre-calculated testconfig. This is likely not desired.")
                                   test-conf))) ;; force re-read now that all vars are set
-	   (useshell        (let ((ush (config-lookup *configdat* "jobtools"     "useshell")))
+	   (useshell        (let ((ush (configf:lookup *configdat* "jobtools"     "useshell")))
 			      (if ush 
 				  (if (equal? ush "no") ;; must use "no" to NOT use shell
 				      #f
 				      ush)
 				  #t)))     ;; default is yes
-	   (runscript       (config-lookup tconfig   "setup"        "runscript"))
+	   (runscript       (configf:lookup tconfig   "setup"        "runscript"))
 	   (ezsteps         (> (length (hash-table-ref/default tconfig "ezsteps" '())) 0)) ;; don't send all the steps, could be big, just send a flag
 	   (subrun          (> (length (hash-table-ref/default tconfig "subrun"  '())) 0)) ;; send a flag to process a subrun
-	   ;; (diskspace       (config-lookup tconfig   "requirements" "diskspace"))
-	   ;; (memory          (config-lookup tconfig   "requirements" "memory"))
-	   ;; (hosts           (config-lookup *configdat* "jobtools"     "workhosts")) ;; I'm pretty sure this was never completed
-	   (remote-megatest (config-lookup *configdat* "setup" "executable"))
+	   ;; (diskspace       (configf:lookup tconfig   "requirements" "diskspace"))
+	   ;; (memory          (configf:lookup tconfig   "requirements" "memory"))
+	   ;; (hosts           (configf:lookup *configdat* "jobtools"     "workhosts")) ;; I'm pretty sure this was never completed
+	   (remote-megatest (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "executable"))
 	   (run-time-limit  (or (configf:lookup  tconfig   "requirements" "runtimelim")
 				(configf:lookup  *configdat* "setup" "runtimelim")))
 	   ;; FIXME SOMEDAY: not good how this is so obtuse, this hack is to 
 	   ;;                allow running from dashboard. Extract the path
 	   ;;                from the called megatest and convert dashboard
@@ -1415,11 +1415,11 @@
 				    (case (string->symbol exe)
 				      ((dboard)    "../megatest")
 				      ((mtest)     "../megatest")
 				      ((dashboard) "megatest")
 				      (else exe)))))
-	   (launcher        (common:get-launcher *configdat* test-name item-path)) ;; (config-lookup *configdat* "jobtools"     "launcher"))
+	   (launcher        (common:get-launcher *configdat* test-name item-path)) ;; (configf:lookup *configdat* "jobtools"     "launcher"))
 	   (test-sig        (conc (common:get-testsuite-name) ":" test-name ":" item-path)) ;; (item-list->path itemdat))) ;; test-path is the full path including the item-path
 	   (work-area       #f)
 	   (toptest-work-area #f) ;; for iterated tests the top test contains data relevant for all
 	   (diskpath   #f)
 	   (cmdparms   #f)