Megatest

(define (common:get-testsuite-name)
  (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "area-name") ;; megatest is a flexible tool, testsuite is too limiting a description.
      (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "testsuite" )
      (getenv "MT_TESTSUITE_NAME")
      (if (string? *toppath* )
          (pathname-file *toppath*)
          #f))) ;; (pathname-file (current-directory)))))

;; safe getting of toppath
(define (common:get-toppath areapath)
  (or *toppath*
      (if areapath
	  (begin
	    (set! *toppath* areapath)
	    (setenv "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME" areapath)
	    areapath)
	  #f)
      (if (getenv "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME")
	  (begin
	    (set! *toppath* (getenv "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME"))
	    *toppath*)
	  #f)
      ;; last resort, look for megatest.config
      (let loop ((thepath (realpath ".")))
	(if (file-exists? (conc thepath "/megatest.config"))
	    thepath
	    (if (equal? thepath "/")
		(begin
		  (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Unable to find megatest home directory.")
		  #f)
		(loop (pathname-directory thepath)))))
      ))

(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

       path-string
       #f)))

(define (common:get-linktree)
  (or (getenv "MT_LINKTREE")
      (if *configdat*
	  (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree")
	  #f)
      (if (or *toppath* (getenv "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME"))
	  (conc (or *toppath* (getenv "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME")) "/lt")
	  #f)
      (let* ((tp (common:get-toppath #f))
	     (lt (conc tp "/lt")))
	(if (not tp)(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: cannot calculate best path for linktree, using " lt))
	lt)))

(define (common:args-get-runname)
  (let ((res (or (args:get-arg "-runname")
		 (args:get-arg ":runname")
		 (getenv "MT_RUNNAME"))))
    ;; (if res (set-environment-variable "MT_RUNNAME" res)) ;; not sure if this is a good idea. side effect and all ...
    res))