Megatest

	     (debug:print 5 *default-log-port* " exn=" (condition->list exn))
	     (thread-sleep! 1)
	     (tasks:open-db numretries (- numretries 1)))
	   (begin
	     (print-call-chain (current-error-port))
	     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
	     (debug:print 5 *default-log-port* " exn=" (condition->list exn))))
       (let* ((dbpath        (common:get-db-tmp-area )) ;; (tasks:get-task-db-path))
	      (dbfile       (conc dbpath "/monitor.db"))
	      (avail        (tasks:wait-on-journal dbpath 10)) ;; wait up to about 10 seconds for the journal to go away
	      (exists       (common:file-exists? dbpath))
	      (write-access (file-writable? dbpath))
	      (mdb          (cond ;; what the hek is *toppath* doing here?
			     ((and (string? *toppath*)(file-writable? *toppath*))
			      (sqlite3:open-database dbfile))

    res))

;; 
#;(define (tasks:start-monitor db mdb)
  (if (> (tasks:get-num-alive-monitors mdb) 2) ;; have two running, no need for more
      (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "Not starting monitor, already have more than two running")
      (let* ((megatestdb     (conc *toppath* "/megatest.db"))
	     (monitordbf     (conc (common:get-db-tmp-area) "/monitor.db"))
	     (last-db-update 0)) ;; (file-modification-time megatestdb)))
	(task:register-monitor mdb)
	(let loop ((count      0)
		   (next-touch 0)) ;; next-touch is the time where we need to update last_update
	  ;; if the db has been modified we'd best look at the task queue
	  (let ((modtime (file-modification-time megatestdbpath )))
	    (if (> modtime last-db-update)