Megatest

      (getenv "MT_TESTSUITE_NAME")
      (if (string? *toppath* )
          (pathname-file *toppath*)
          #f))) ;; (pathname-file (current-directory)))))

(define common:get-area-name common:get-testsuite-name)



(define (common:get-db-tmp-area . junk)
  (if *db-cache-path*
      *db-cache-path*
      (if *toppath* ;; common:get-create-writeable-dir
	  (handle-exceptions
	      exn
	      (begin
		(debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Couldn't create path to " dbdir)
		(exit 1))
	    (let ((dbpath (common:get-create-writeable-dir
			   (list (conc "/tmp/" (current-user-name)
				       "/megatest_localdb/"
				       (common:get-testsuite-name) "/"
				       (string-translate *toppath* "/" ".")))))) ;;  #t))))
	      (set! *db-cache-path* dbpath)

;; if it looks like a number -> convert it to a number, else return it
;;
(define (common:lazy-convert inval)
  (let* ((as-num (if (string? inval)(string->number inval) #f)))
    (or as-num inval)))

;; convert string a=1; b=2; c=a silly thing; d=
;; to '((a . 1)(b . 2)(c . "a silly thing")(d . ""))
;;
(define (common:val->alist val #!key (convert #f))
  (let ((val-list (string-split-fields ";\\s*" val #:infix)))
    (if val-list
	(map (lambda (x)
	       (let ((f (string-split-fields "\\s*=\\s*" x #:infix)))
		 (case (length f)
		   ((0) `(,#f))  ;; null string case
		   ((1) `(,(string->symbol (car f))))
		   ((2) `(,(string->symbol (car f)) . ,(let ((inval (cadr f)))
							 (if convert (common:lazy-convert inval) inval))))
		   (else f))))
	     val-list)
	'())))

;;======================================================================
;; S Y S T E M   S T U F F
;;======================================================================

;; lazy-safe get file mod time. on any error (file not existing etc.) return 0
;;
(define (common:lazy-modification-time fpath)