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
    (set! diskpath (get-best-disk *configdat*))
    (if diskpath
	(let ((dat  (create-work-area db run-id test-path diskpath test-name itemdat)))
	  (set! work-area (car dat))
	  (set! toptest-work-area (cadr dat)))
	  (set! toptest-work-area (cadr dat))
	  (debug:print 2 "INFO: Using work area " work-area))
	(begin
	  (set! work-area (conc test-path "/tmp_run"))
	  (create-directory work-area #t)
	  (debug:print 0 "WARNING: No disk work area specified - running in the test directory under tmp_run")))
    (set! cmdparms (base64:base64-encode (with-output-to-string
				    (lambda () ;; (list 'hosts     hosts)
				      (write (list (list 'testpath  test-path)