Megatest

	;; (test-name sqlitespeed) (runscript runscript.rb) (db-host localhost) (run-id 1))
	(let* ((testpath  (assoc/default 'testpath  cmdinfo))  ;; How is testpath different from work-area ??
	       (top-path  (assoc/default 'toppath   cmdinfo))
	       (work-area (assoc/default 'work-area cmdinfo))
	       (test-name (assoc/default 'test-name cmdinfo))
	       (runscript (assoc/default 'runscript cmdinfo))
	       (ezsteps   (assoc/default 'ezsteps   cmdinfo))
	       (runremote (assoc/default 'runremote cmdinfo))
	       (run-id    (assoc/default 'run-id    cmdinfo))
	       (test-id   (assoc/default 'test-id   cmdinfo))
	       (target    (assoc/default 'target    cmdinfo))
	       (itemdat   (assoc/default 'itemdat   cmdinfo))
	       (env-ovrd  (assoc/default 'env-ovrd  cmdinfo))
	       (set-vars  (assoc/default 'set-vars  cmdinfo)) ;; pre-overrides from -setvar
	       (runname   (assoc/default 'runname   cmdinfo))
	       (megatest  (assoc/default 'megatest  cmdinfo))
	       (mt-bindir-path (assoc/default 'mt-bindir-path cmdinfo))
	       (fullrunscript (if (not runscript)
                                  #f
                                  (if (substring-index "/" runscript)
                                      runscript ;; use unadultered if contains slashes
                                      (let ((fulln (conc testpath "/" runscript)))
	                                  (if (and (file-exists? fulln)
                                                   (file-execute-access? fulln))
                                              fulln
                                              runscript))))) ;; assume it is on the path
	       (rollup-status 0))

	  (debug:print 2 "Exectuing " test-name " (id: " test-id ") on " (get-host-name))
	  ;; Setup the *runremote* global var
	  (if *runremote* (debug:print 2 "ERROR: I'm not expecting *runremote* to be set at this time"))
	  (set! *runremote* runremote)
	  ;; apply pre-overrides before other variables. The pre-override vars must not
	  ;; clobbers things from the official sources such as megatest.config and runconfigs.config
	  (if (string? set-vars)
	      (let ((varpairs (string-split set-vars ",")))
		(debug:print 4 "varpairs: " varpairs)
		(map (lambda (varpair)
		       (let ((varval (string-split varpair "=")))

	  (set! work-area (car dat))
	  (set! toptest-work-area (cadr dat))
	  (debug:print-info 2 "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)
				     (list 'runremote *runremote*)
				     (list 'toppath   *toppath*)
				     (list 'work-area work-area)
				     (list 'test-name test-name) 
				     (list 'runscript runscript) 
				     (list 'run-id    run-id   )
				     (list 'test-id   test-id  )
				     (list 'itemdat   itemdat  )
				     (list 'megatest  remote-megatest)
				     (list 'ezsteps   ezsteps) 
				     (list 'target    mt_target)
				     (list 'env-ovrd  (hash-table-ref/default *configdat* "env-override" '())) 
				     (list 'set-vars  (if params (hash-table-ref/default params "-setvars" #f)))
				     (list 'runname   runname)
				     (list 'mt-bindir-path mt-bindir-path))))))) ;; (string-intersperse keyvallst " "))))
    ;; clean out step records from previous run if they exist
    ;; (debug:print-info 4 "FIXMEEEEE!!!! This can be removed some day, perhaps move all test records to the test db?")
    ;; (open-run-close db:delete-test-step-records db test-id)
    (change-directory work-area) ;; so that log files from the launch process don't clutter the test dir
    (tests:test-set-status! test-id "LAUNCHED" "n/a" #f #f) ;; (if launch-results launch-results "FAILED"))
    (cond
     ((and launcher hosts) ;; must be using ssh hostname