Megatest

    (if (stack? tmpdb-stack)
	(db:get-db tmpdb-stack) ;; get previously opened db (will create new db handle if all in the stack are already used
        (let* ((dbpath       (db:dbfile-path ))      ;; path to tmp db area
               (dbexists     (file-exists? dbpath))
	       (tmpdbfname   (conc dbpath "/megatest.db"))
	       (dbfexists    (file-exists? tmpdbfname)) ;; (conc dbpath "/megatest.db")))
               (tmpdb        (db:open-megatest-db path: dbpath)) ;; lock-create-open dbpath db:initialize-main-db))
               (mtdbexists   (file-exists? (conc *toppath* "/megatest.db")))
               (mtdb         (db:open-megatest-db))
               (mtdbpath     (db:dbdat-get-path mtdb))
               
               (refndb       (db:open-megatest-db path: dbpath name: "megatest_ref.db"))
               (write-access (file-write-access? mtdbpath))
	       (mtdbmodtime  (if mtdbexists (common:lazy-sqlite-db-modification-time mtdbpath)   #f))
	       (tmpdbmodtime (if dbfexists  (common:lazy-sqlite-db-modification-time tmpdbfname) #f))
	       (modtimedelta (and mtdbmodtime tmpdbmodtime (- mtdbmodtime tmpdbmodtime))))
	  
          ;;(debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "db:open-db>> mtdbpath="mtdbpath" mtdbexists="mtdbexists" and write-access="write-access)
          (if (and dbexists (not write-access))
              (begin
                (set! *db-write-access* #f)
                (dbr:dbstruct-read-only-set! dbstruct #t)))
          (dbr:dbstruct-mtdb-set!   dbstruct mtdb)
          (dbr:dbstruct-tmpdb-set!  dbstruct tmpdb)
          (dbr:dbstruct-dbstack-set! dbstruct (make-stack)) ;; BB: why a stack?  Why would the number of db's be indeterminate?  Is this a legacy of 1.db 2.db .. ?
          (stack-push! (dbr:dbstruct-dbstack dbstruct) tmpdb) ;; olddb is already a (cons db path)
          (dbr:dbstruct-refndb-set! dbstruct refndb)
          ;;	    (mutex-unlock! *rundb-mutex*)

          (if (or (not dbfexists)
                  (and modtimedelta
                       (> modtimedelta 10))) ;; if db in tmp is over ten seconds older than the file in MTRA then do a sync back
	      (begin
		(debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "filling db " (db:dbdat-get-path tmpdb) " with data \n    from " (db:dbdat-get-path mtdb) " mod time delta: " modtimedelta)
		(db:sync-tables (db:sync-all-tables-list dbstruct) #f mtdb refndb tmpdb)
                (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "db:sync-all-tables-list done.")
                )
	      (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* " db, " (db:dbdat-get-path tmpdb) " already exists or fresh enough, not propogating data from\n     " (db:dbdat-get-path mtdb) " mod time delta: " modtimedelta) )
	  ;; (db:multi-db-sync dbstruct 'old2new))  ;; migrate data from megatest.db automatically
          tmpdb))))

;; Make the dbstruct, setup up auxillary db's and call for main db at least once
;;
;; called in http-transport and replicated in rmt.scm for *local* access. 
;;