Megatest

    exn
    (begin
      (debug:print 0 "ERROR: received bad encoded string \"" instr "\", message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
      (print-call-chain (current-error-port))
      #f)
    (read (open-input-string (base64:base64-decode instr))))
   (read (open-input-string (z3:decode-buffer (base64:base64-decode instr))))))

;; dot-locking egg seems not to work, using this for now
;; if lock is older than expire-time then remove it and try again
;; to get the lock
;;
(define (common:simple-file-lock fname #!key (expire-time 300))
  (if (file-exists? fname)
      (if (> (- (current-seconds)(file-modification-time fname)) expire-time)
	  (begin
	    (delete-file* fname)
	    (common:simple-file-lock fname expire-time: expire-time))
	  #f)
      (let ((key-string (conc (get-host-name) "-" (current-process-id))))
	(with-output-to-file fname
	  (lambda ()
	    (print key-string)))
	(thread-sleep! 0.25)
	(with-input-from-file fname
	  (lambda ()
	    (equal? key-string (read-line)))))))
	
(define (common:simple-file-release-lock fname)
  (delete-file* fname))

;;======================================================================
;; S T A T E S   A N D   S T A T U S E S
;;======================================================================

(define *common:std-states*   
  '((0 "COMPLETED")