Megatest

    ;;   (if (and prevstep (file-exists? prev-env))
    ;;       (set! script (conc script "source " prev-env))))
    
    ;; call the command using mt_ezstep
    ;; (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 ()
       (let* ((cmd (conc stepcmd " > " stepname ".log"))
	      (pid (process-run 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)
		       (mutex-unlock! m)

			    (begin
			      (thread-sleep! 2)
			      (processloop (+ i 1)))))
	    (debug:print-info 0 "logpro for step " stepname " exited with code " (vector-ref exit-info 2)))))
    
    (let ((exinfo (vector-ref exit-info 2))
	  (logfna (if logpro-used (conc stepname ".html") "")))
      (rmt:teststep-set-status! run-id test-id stepname "end" exinfo #f logfna area-dat))
    (if logpro-used
	(rmt:test-set-log! run-id test-id (conc stepname ".html") area-dat))
    ;; set the test final status
    (let* ((this-step-status (cond
			      ((and (eq? (vector-ref exit-info 2) 2) logpro-used) 'warn)
			      ((eq? (vector-ref exit-info 2) 0)                   'pass)
			      (else 'fail)))
	   (overall-status   (cond
			      ((eq? (vector-ref exit-info 3) 2) 'warn) ;; rollup-status

	 (tests:test-set-status! run-id test-id next-state "PASS" #f #f))
	(else ;; 'fail
	 (vector-set! exit-info 3 1) ;; force fail, this used to be next-state but that doesn't make sense. should always be "COMPLETED" 
	 (tests:test-set-status! run-id test-id "COMPLETED" "FAIL" (conc "Failed at step " stepname) #f)
	 )))
    logpro-used))

(define (launch:execute encoded-cmd area-dat)
  (let* ((cmdinfo   (common:read-encoded-string encoded-cmd)))
    (setenv "MT_CMDINFO" encoded-cmd)
    (if (list? cmdinfo) ;; ((testpath /tmp/mrwellan/jazzmind/src/example_run/tests/sqlitespeed)
	;; (test-name sqlitespeed) (runscript runscript.rb) (db-host localhost) (run-id 1))
	(let* ((testpath  (assoc/default 'testpath  cmdinfo))  ;; testpath is the test spec area
	       (top-path  (assoc/default 'toppath   cmdinfo))
	       (work-area (assoc/default 'work-area cmdinfo))  ;; work-area is the test run area

	  (change-directory top-path)

	  ;; (set-signal-handler! signal/int (lambda ()
					    
	  ;; Do not run the test if it is REMOVING, RUNNING, KILLREQ or REMOTEHOSTSTART,
	  ;; Mark the test as REMOTEHOSTSTART *IMMEDIATELY*
	  ;;
	  (let ((test-info (rmt:get-testinfo-state-status run-id test-id area-dat)))
	    (if (not (member (db:test-get-state test-info) '("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))
	  ;; (runs:set-megatest-env-vars run-id inkeys: keys inkeyvals: keyvals) ;; these may be needed by the launching process
	  ;; one of these is defunct/redundant ...
	  (if (not (launch:setup-for-run area-dat force: #t))
	      (begin
		(debug:print 0 "Failed to setup, exiting") 
		;; (sqlite3:finalize! db)
		;; (sqlite3:finalize! tdb)
		(exit 1)))
	  (change-directory *toppath*) 

				 ;; Since we should have a clean slate at this time there is no need to do 
				 ;; any of the other stuff that tests:test-set-status! does. Let's just 
				 ;; force RUNNING/n/a
				 

				 ;; (thread-sleep! 0.3)
				 (tests:test-force-state-status! run-id test-id "RUNNING" "n/a")
				 (rmt:roll-up-pass-fail-counts run-id test-name item-path "RUNNING" area-dat)
				 ;; (thread-sleep! 0.3) ;; NFS slowness has caused grief here

				 ;; if there is a runscript do it first
				 (if fullrunscript
				     (let ((pid (process-run fullrunscript)))
				       (rmt:test-set-top-process-pid run-id test-id pid area-dat)
				       (let loop ((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)

				       (if kill-job? 
					   (begin
					     (mutex-lock! m)
					     ;; NOTE: The pid can change as different steps are run. Do we need handshaking between this
					     ;;       section and the runit section? Or add a loop that tries three times with a 1/4 second
					     ;;       between tries?
					     (let* ((pid1 (vector-ref exit-info 0))
						    (pid2 (rmt:test-get-top-process-pid run-id test-id area-dat))
						    (pids (delete-duplicates (filter number? (list pid1 pid2)))))
					       (if (not (null? pids))
						   (begin
						     (for-each
						      (lambda (pid)
							(handle-exceptions
							 exn

	    (debug:print-info 0 "Megatest exectute of test " test-name ", item path " item-path " complete. Notifying the db ...")
	    (set! keep-going #f)
	    (thread-join! th1)
	    (thread-sleep! 1)       ;; give thread th1 a chance to be done TODO: Verify this is needed. At 0.1 I was getting fail to stop, increased to total of 1.1 sec.
	    (mutex-lock! m)
	    (let* ((item-path (item-list->path itemdat))
		   ;; only state and status needed - use lazy routine
		   (testinfo  (rmt:get-testinfo-state-status run-id test-id area-dat)))
	      ;; Am I completed?
	      (if (member (db:test-get-state testinfo) '("REMOTEHOSTSTART" "RUNNING")) ;; NOTE: It should *not* be REMOTEHOSTSTART but for reasons I don't yet understand it sometimes gets stuck in that state ;; (not (equal? (db:test-get-state testinfo) "COMPLETED"))
		  (let ((new-state  (if kill-job? "KILLED" "COMPLETED") ;; (if (eq? (vector-ref exit-info 2) 0) ;; exited with "good" status
				                                        ;; "COMPLETED"
							                ;; (db:test-get-state testinfo)))   ;; else preseve the state as set within the test
				    )
			(new-status (cond

	 (lnkbase   (conc linktree "/" target "/" runname))
	 (lnkpath   (conc lnkbase "/" testname))
	 (lnkpathf  (conc lnkpath (if not-iterated "" "/") item-path))
	 (lnktarget (conc lnkpath "/" item-path)))

    ;; Update the rundir path in the test record for all, rundir=physical, shortdir=logical
    ;;                                                 rundir   shortdir
    (rmt:general-call 'test-set-rundir-shortdir run-id lnkpathf test-path testname item-path area-dat)

    (debug:print 2 "INFO:\n       lnkbase=" lnkbase "\n       lnkpath=" lnkpath "\n  toptest-path=" toptest-path "\n     test-path=" test-path)
    (if (not (file-exists? linktree))
	(begin
	  (debug:print 0 "WARNING: linktree did not exist! Creating it now at " linktree)
	  (create-directory linktree #t))) ;; (system (conc "mkdir -p " linktree))))
    ;; create the directory for the tests dir links, this is needed no matter what...

    ;; NB - This was not working right - some top tests are not getting the path set!!!
    ;;
    ;; Do the setting of this record after the paths are created so that the shortdir can 
    ;; be set to the real directory location. This is safer for future clean up if the link
    ;; tree is damaged or lost.
    ;; 
    (if (not (hash-table-ref/default *toptest-paths* testname #f))
	(let* ((testinfo       (rmt:get-test-info-by-id run-id test-id area-dat)) ;;  run-id testname item-path))
	       (curr-test-path (if testinfo ;; (filedb:get-path *fdb*
							     ;; (db:get-path dbstruct
				   ;; (rmt:sdb-qry 'getstr 
				   (db:test-get-rundir testinfo) ;; ) ;; )
				   #f)))
	  (hash-table-set! *toptest-paths* testname curr-test-path)
	  ;; NB// Was this for the test or for the parent in an iterated test?
	  (rmt:general-call 'test-set-rundir-shortdir run-id lnkpath 
			    (if (file-exists? lnkpath)
				(resolve-pathname lnkpath)
				lnkpath)
			    testname "" area-dat)
	  ;; (rmt:general-call 'test-set-rundir run-id lnkpath testname "") ;; toptest-path)
	  (if (or (not curr-test-path)
		  (not (directory-exists? toptest-path)))
	      (begin
		(debug:print-info 2 "Creating " toptest-path " and link " lnkpath)
		(handle-exceptions
		 exn

	 (work-area  #f)
	 (toptest-work-area #f) ;; for iterated tests the top test contains data relevant for all
	 (diskpath   #f)
	 (cmdparms   #f)
	 (fullcmd    #f) ;; (define a (with-output-to-string (lambda ()(write x))))
	 (mt-bindir-path #f)
	 ;; (test-id    (cdb:remote-run db:get-test-id #f run-id test-name item-path))
	 (testinfo   (rmt:get-test-info-by-id run-id test-id area-dat))
	 (mt_target  (string-intersperse (map cadr keyvals) "/"))
	 (debug-param (append (if (args:get-arg "-debug")  (list "-debug" (args:get-arg "-debug")) '())
			      (if (args:get-arg "-logging")(list "-logging") '()))))
    (setenv "MT_ITEMPATH" item-path)
    (if hosts (set! hosts (string-split hosts)))
    ;; set the megatest to be called on the remote host
    (if (not remote-megatest)(set! remote-megatest local-megatest)) ;; "megatest"))
    (set! mt-bindir-path (pathname-directory remote-megatest))
    (if launcher (set! launcher (string-split launcher)))
    ;; set up the run work area for this test
    (if (and (args:get-arg "-preclean") ;; user has requested to preclean for this run
	     (not (member (db:test-get-rundir testinfo)(list "n/a" "/tmp/badname")))) ;; n/a is a placeholder and thus not a read dir
	(begin
	  (debug:print-info 0 "attempting to preclean directory " (db:test-get-rundir testinfo) " for test " test-name "/" item-path)
	  (runs:remove-test-directory testinfo 'remove-data-only))) ;; remove data only, do not perturb the record
    
    ;; prevent overlapping actions - set to LAUNCHED as early as possible
    ;;
    (tests:test-set-status! run-id test-id "LAUNCHED" "n/a" #f #f) ;; (if launch-results launch-results "FAILED"))
    (rmt:roll-up-pass-fail-counts run-id test-name item-path "LAUNCHED" area-dat)
    (set! diskpath (get-best-disk configdat))
    (if diskpath
	(let ((dat  (create-work-area run-id run-info keyvals test-id test-path diskpath test-name itemdat)))
	  (set! work-area (car dat))
	  (set! toptest-work-area (cadr dat))
	  (debug:print-info 2 "Using work area " work-area))
	(begin