Megatest

    ;; (set! script (conc "mt_ezstep " stepname " " (if prevstep prevstep "x") " " stepcmd))
    
    (debug:print 4 "script: " script)
    (rmt:teststep-set-status! run-id test-id stepname "start" "-" #f #f area-dat)
    ;; now launch the actual process
    (call-with-environment-variables 
     (list (cons "PATH" (conc (get-environment-variable "PATH") ":.")))
     (lambda () ;; (process-run "/bin/bash" "-c" "exec ls -l /tmp/foobar > /tmp/delme-more.log 2>&1")
       (let* ((cmd (conc "exec " stepcmd " > " stepname ".log 2>&1")) ;; >outfile 2>&1 
	      (pid (process-run "/bin/bash" (list "-c" cmd))))
	 (rmt:test-set-top-process-pid run-id test-id pid area-dat)
	 (let processloop ((i 0))
	   (let-values (((pid-val exit-status exit-code)(process-wait pid #t)))
		       (mutex-lock! m)
		       (vector-set! exit-info 0 pid)
		       (vector-set! exit-info 1 exit-status)
		       (vector-set! exit-info 2 exit-code)

                                              runscript))))) ;; assume it is on the path
	       ;; (rollup-status 0)
	       )
	  (change-directory top-path)

	  ;; (set-signal-handler! signal/int (lambda ()
					    
	  ;; WAS: Do not run the test if it is REMOVING, RUNNING, KILLREQ or REMOTEHOSTSTART,
	  ;; NOW: Do not run test test unless state is LAUNCHED
	  ;; Mark the test as REMOTEHOSTSTART *IMMEDIATELY*
	  ;;
	  ;; This is flawed. It should be a single transaction that tests for NOT_STARTED and updates to REMOTEHOSTSTART
	  (let ((test-info (rmt:get-testinfo-state-status run-id test-id area-dat)))
	  ;;
	    (if (equal? (db:test-get-state test-info) "LAUNCHED") ;; '("REMOVING" "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "RUNNING" "KILLREQ")))
		(tests:test-force-state-status! run-id test-id "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "n/a")
		(begin
		  (debug:print 0 "ERROR: test state is " (db:test-get-state test-info) ", cannot proceed")
		  (exit))))
	  
	  (debug:print 2 "Exectuing " test-name " (id: " test-id ") on " (get-host-name))
	  (set! keys       (rmt:get-keys area-dat))

				      (list 'env-ovrd  (hash-table-ref/default configdat "env-override" '())) 
				      (list 'set-vars  (if params (hash-table-ref/default params "-setvars" #f)))
				      (list 'runname   runname)
				      (list 'mt-bindir-path mt-bindir-path))))))))

    ;; clean out step records from previous run if they exist
    ;; (rmt:delete-test-step-records run-id test-id)
    
    ;; Moving launch logs to MT_RUN_AREA_HOME/logs 
    ;;
    (let ((launchdir (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "launchdir"))) ;; (change-directory work-area) ;; so that log files from the launch process don't clutter the test dir
      (if (not launchdir) ;; default
	  (change-directory (conc *toppath* "/logs")) ;; can assume this exists
	  (case (string->symbol launchdir)
	    ((legacy)(change-directory work-area))
	    (else    (change-directory launchdir)))))
    (cond
     ((and launcher hosts) ;; must be using ssh hostname
      (set! fullcmd (append launcher (car hosts)(list remote-megatest test-sig "-execute" cmdparms) debug-param)))
     ;; (set! fullcmd (append launcher (car hosts)(list remote-megatest test-sig "-execute" cmdparms))))
     (launcher
      (set! fullcmd (append launcher (list remote-megatest test-sig "-execute" cmdparms) debug-param)))
     ;; (set! fullcmd (append launcher (list remote-megatest test-sig "-execute" cmdparms))))

	   (launch-results (apply (if launchwait
				      cmd-run-with-stderr->list
				      process-run)
				  (if useshell
				      (let ((cmdstr (string-intersperse fullcmd " ")))
					(if launchwait
					    cmdstr
					    (conc cmdstr " >> " work-area "/mt_launch.log 2>&1")))
				      (car fullcmd))
				  (if useshell
				      '()
				      (cdr fullcmd)))))
      (if (not launchwait) ;; give the OS a little time to allow the process to start
	  (thread-sleep! 0.01))
      (with-output-to-file (conc work-area "/mt_launch.log")
	(lambda ()
	  (if (list? launch-results)
	      (apply print launch-results)
	      (print "NOTE: launched \"" fullcmd "\"\n  but did not wait for it to proceed. Add the following to megatest.config \n[setup]\nlaunchwait yes\n  if you have problems with this"))
	  #:append))
      (debug:print 2 "Launching completed, updating db")
      (debug:print 2 "Launch results: " launch-results)