Megatest

       (start-watchdog (and (null? no-watchdog-args-vals) start-watchdog-specail-arg-val)))
       ;(print  "no-watchdog-args="no-watchdog-args "no-watchdog-args-vals="no-watchdog-args-vals " start-watchdog-specail-arg-val:" start-watchdog-specail-arg-val " start-watchdog:" start-watchdog) 
;;  (if start-watchdog
;;      (thread-start! *watchdog*))
    #t
)

;; stop the train watchdog
(stop-the-train)

;; bracket open-output-file with code to make leading directory if it does not exist and handle exceptions
(define (open-logfile logpath-in)
  (condition-case
   (let* ((log-dir (or (pathname-directory logpath-in) "."))
	  (fname   (pathname-strip-directory logpath-in))
	  (logpath (if (> (string-length fname) 250)