Megatest

    ("-sync-to"         . k)
    ("-new"             . l) ;; l (see below) is new-ss
    ("-run-name"        . n)
    ("-mode-patt"       . o)
    ("-test-patt"       . p)  ;; idea, enhance margs ("-test-patt" "-testpatt") => yields one value in "-test-patt"
    ("-status"          . s)
    ("-target"          . t)
    ("-reqtarg"         . R)

    ("-tag-expr"        . x)
    ;; misc
    ("-debug"           . #f)  ;; for *verbosity* > 2
    ("-load"            . #f)  ;; load and exectute a scheme file
    ("-log"             . #f)
    ("-override-user"   . #f)
    ("-msg"             . M)

    ("-manual"          . #f)
    ("-version"         . #f)
    ;; misc	        
    ("-repl"            . #f)
    ("-immediate"       . I)
    ("-preclean"        . r)
    ("-prepend-contour" . w)
    ("-force"           . F)
    ("-list-pkt-keys"   . #f)
    ))

;; alist to map actions to old megatest commands
(define *action-keys*
  '((run         . "-run")
    (rerun-clean . "-rerun-clean")
    (rerun-all   . "-rerun-all")
    (kill-run    . "-kill-runs")
    (kill-rerun  . "-kill-rerun")
    (lock        . "-lock")
    (unlock      . "-unlock")
    (sync        . "")
    (archive     . "-archive")
    (set-ss      . "-set-state-status")
    (remove      . "-remove-runs")))

;; manually keep this list updated from the keys to
;; the case *action* near the end of this file.

	;    (hash-table-set! args:arg-hash "-log" logf)) ;; fake out future queries of -log
	(print *default-log-port* "Sending log output to " logf)
	(set! *default-log-port* oup)
)))

(if *action*
    (case (string->symbol *action*)
      ((run remove rerun rerun-clean rerun-all set-ss archive kill list kill-run kill-rerun)
      ((run remove rerun rerun-clean rerun-all set-ss archive kill list kill-run kill-rerun lock unlock)
          
       (let* ((mtconfdat (simple-setup (args:get-arg "-start-dir")))
	      (mtconf    (car mtconfdat))
	      (area      (args:get-arg "-area")) ;; look up the area to dispatch to from [areas] section
	      (areasec   (if area (configf:lookup mtconf "areas" area) #f))
	      (areadat   (if areasec (common:val->alist areasec) #f))
	      (area-path (if areadat (alist-ref 'path areadat) #f))
	      (pktsdirs  (configf:lookup mtconf "setup" "pktsdirs"))