Megatest

	 (hostname        (get-host-name))
	 (ipaddrstr       (let ((ipstr (if (string=? "-" hostn)
					   ;; (string-intersperse (map number->string (u8vector->list (hostname->ip hostname))) ".")
					   (server:get-best-guess-address hostname)
					   #f)))
			    (if ipstr ipstr hostn))) ;; hostname))) 
	 (start-port      (portlogger:open-run-close portlogger:find-port))
	 (link-tree-path  (common:get-linktree))
	 (tmp-area        (common:get-db-tmp-area))
	 (start-file      (conc tmp-area "/.server-start")))
    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "portlogger recommended port: " start-port)
    ;; set some parameters for the server
    (root-path     (if link-tree-path 
		       link-tree-path
		       (current-directory))) ;; WARNING: SECURITY HOLE. FIX ASAP!
    (handle-directory spiffy-directory-listing)
    (handle-exception (lambda (exn chain)
			(signal (make-composite-condition
				 (make-property-condition 

				   (send-response body: "hey there!\n"
						  headers: '((content-type text/plain))))
				  ((equal? (uri-path (request-uri (current-request))) 
					   '(/ "hey"))
				   (send-response body: "hey there!\n"
						  headers: '((content-type text/plain))))
				  (else (continue))))))))
    (with-output-to-file start-file (lambda ()(print (current-process-id))))
    (http-transport:try-start-server ipaddrstr start-port)))

;; This is recursively run by http-transport:run until sucessful
;;
(define (http-transport:try-start-server ipaddrstr portnum)
  (let ((config-hostname (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "hostname"))
	(config-use-proxy (equal? (configf:lookup *configdat* "client" "use-http_proxy") "yes")))

					      exn
					      (let ((call-chain (get-call-chain))
						    (msg        ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn)))
						(set! success #f)
						(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: failure in with-input-from-request to " fullurl ".")
						(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " message: " msg)
						(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " cmd: " cmd " params: " params)
                                                (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " call-chain: " call-chain)
						(if runremote
						    (remote-conndat-set! runremote #f))
						;; Killing associated server to allow clean retry.")
						;; (tasks:kill-server-run-id run-id)  ;; better to kill the server in the logic that called this routine?
						(mutex-unlock! *http-mutex*)
					     ;;; (signal (make-composite-condition
					     ;;;          (make-property-condition 'commfail 'message "failed to connect to server")))
					     ;;; "communications failed"
						(db:obj->string #f))
					    (with-input-from-request ;; was dat
					     fullurl 
					     (list (cons 'key (or *server-id* "thekey"))
						   (cons 'cmd cmd)
						   (cons 'params sparams))
					     read-string))
					  transport: 'http)
                                         0)) ;; added this speculatively
			      ;; Shouldn't this be a call to the managed call-all-connections stuff above?
			      (close-all-connections!)

	(let ((api-dat (http-transport:server-dat-get-api-uri server-dat)))
	  (handle-exceptions
	    exn
	    (begin
	      (print-call-chain *default-log-port*)
	      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* " closing connection failed with error: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn)))
	    (close-connection! api-dat)
            (close-idle-connections!)
	    #t))
	#f)))


(define (make-http-transport:server-dat)(make-vector 6))
(define (http-transport:server-dat-get-iface         vec)    (vector-ref  vec 0))
(define (http-transport:server-dat-get-port          vec)    (vector-ref  vec 1))

;; used and to shutdown after sometime if it is not.
;;
(define (http-transport:keep-running) 
  ;; if none running or if > 20 seconds since 
  ;; server last used then start shutdown
  ;; This thread waits for the server to come alive
  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Starting the sync-back, keep alive thread in server")
  (let* ((tmp-area          (common:get-db-tmp-area))
	 (started-file      (conc tmp-area "/.server-started"))
	 (server-start-time (current-seconds))
	 (server-info (let loop ((start-time (current-seconds))
				 (changed    #t)
				 (last-sdat  "not this"))
                        (let ((sdat #f))
			  (thread-sleep! 0.01)
			  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Waiting for server alive signature")
                          (mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)

				      (exit))
				    (loop start-time
					  (equal? sdat last-sdat)
					  sdat)))))))
         (iface       (car server-info))
         (port        (cadr server-info))
         (last-access 0)
	 (server-timeout (server:expiration-timeout))
	 (server-going  #f)
	 (server-log-file (args:get-arg "-log"))) ;; always set when we are a server

    (with-output-to-file started-file (lambda ()(print (current-process-id))))

    (let loop ((count         0)
	       (server-state 'available)
	       (bad-sync-count 0)
	       (start-time     (current-milliseconds)))
      ;; Use this opportunity to sync the tmp db to megatest.db
      (if (not server-going) ;; *dbstruct-db* 
	  (begin

	  (begin
	    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "SERVER STARTED: " iface ":" port " AT " (current-seconds))
	    (flush-output *default-log-port*)))
      (if (common:low-noise-print 60 "dbstats")
	  (begin
	    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Server stats:")
	    (db:print-current-query-stats)))
      (let* ((hrs-since-start  (/ (- (current-seconds) server-start-time) 3600)))





	(cond
         ((and *server-run*
	       (> (+ last-access server-timeout)
		  (current-seconds)))

          (if (common:low-noise-print 120 "server continuing")
              (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Server continuing, seconds since last db access: " (- (current-seconds) last-access))
	      (let ((curr-time (current-seconds)))
		(handle-exceptions
		    exn
		    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: Failed to change timestamp on log file " server-log-file ". Are you out of space on that disk?")
		  (if (not *server-overloaded*)

    (exit)))

;; all routes though here end in exit ...
;;
;; start_server? 
;;
(define (http-transport:launch)
  ;; check that a server start is in progress, pause or exit if so
  (let* ((tmp-area            (common:get-db-tmp-area))
	 (server-start        (conc tmp-area "/.server-start"))
	 (server-started      (conc tmp-area "/.server-started"))
	 (start-time          (common:lazy-modification-time server-start))
	 (started-time        (common:lazy-modification-time server-started))
	 (server-starting     (< start-time started-time)) ;; if start-time is less than started-time then a server is still starting
	 (start-time-old      (> (- (current-seconds) start-time) 5)))
    (if (and (not start-time-old) ;; last server start try was less than five seconds ago
	     (not server-starting))
	(begin
	  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "NOT starting server, there is either a recently started server or a server in process of starting")
	  (exit))))
  ;; lets not even bother to start if there are already three or more server files ready to go
  (let* ((num-alive   (server:get-num-alive (server:get-list *toppath*))))
    (if (> num-alive 3)
	(begin
	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: Aborting server start because there are already " num-alive " possible servers either running or starting up")
	  (exit))))
  (let* ((th2 (make-thread (lambda ()

    (thread-start! th2)
    (thread-sleep! 0.25) ;; give the server time to settle before starting the keep-running monitor.
    (thread-start! th3)
    (set! *didsomething* #t)
    (thread-join! th2)
    (exit)))

;; (define (http-transport:server-signal-handler signum)
;;   (signal-mask! signum)
;;   (handle-exceptions
;;    exn
;;    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " ... exiting ...")
;;    (let ((th1 (make-thread (lambda ()
;; 			     (thread-sleep! 1))
;; 			   "eat response"))
;; 	 (th2 (make-thread (lambda ()
;; 			     (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Received ^C, attempting clean exit. Please be patient and wait a few seconds before hitting ^C again.")
;; 			     (thread-sleep! 3) ;; give the flush three seconds to do it's stuff
;; 			     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "       Done.")
;; 			     (exit 4))
;; 			   "exit on ^C timer")))
;;      (thread-start! th2)
;;      (thread-start! th1)
;;      (thread-join! th2))))

;;======================================================================
;; web pages
;;======================================================================

(define (http-transport:main-page)
  (let ((linkpath (root-path)))