Megatest

					       (exit 4)))))
		       (thread-start! th2)
		       (thread-start! th1)
		       (thread-join! th2)))))
      (set-signal-handler! signal/int sighand)
      (set-signal-handler! signal/term sighand))

    ;; force the starting of a server -- removed BB 17ww28 - no longer needed.
    ;;(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "waiting on server...")
    ;;(server:start-and-wait *toppath*)
    
    (runs:set-megatest-env-vars run-id inkeys: keys inrunname: runname) ;; these may be needed by the launching process
    (set! runconf (if (common:file-exists? runconfigf)
		      (setup-env-defaults runconfigf run-id *already-seen-runconfig-info* keyvals target)
		      (begin
			(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: You do not have a run config file: " runconfigf)
			#f)))

      (cdr reg)
      (if (null? tal) ;; if tal is null and reg not full then '() as reg contents moved to tal
	  '()
	  reg)))

(define runs:nothing-left-in-queue-count 0)

;; BB: for future reference - suspect target vars are not expanded to env vars at this point (item expansion using [items]\nwhatever [system echo $TARGETVAR] doesnt work right whereas [system echo #{targetvar}] does.. Tal and Randy have tix on this.  on first pass, var not set, on second pass, ok.  
(define (runs:expand-items hed tal reg reruns regfull newtal jobgroup max-concurrent-jobs run-id waitons item-path testmode test-record can-run-more items runname tconfig reglen test-registry test-records itemmaps)
  (let* ((loop-list       (list hed tal reg reruns))
	 (prereqs-not-met (let ((res (rmt:get-prereqs-not-met run-id waitons hed item-path mode: testmode itemmaps: itemmaps)))
			    (if (list? res)
				res
				(begin
				  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port*

			   testmode:    testmode
			   newtal:      newtal
			   itemmaps:    itemmaps
			   ;; prereqs-not-met: prereqs-not-met
			   )))
	(runs:dat-regfull-set! runsdat regfull)

        ;; -- removed BB 17ww28 - no longer needed.
	;; every 15 minutes verify the server is there for this run
	;; (if (and (common:low-noise-print 240 "try start server"  run-id)
	;; 	 (not (or (and *runremote*
	;; 		       (remote-server-url *runremote*)
	;; 		       (server:ping (remote-server-url *runremote*)))
	;; 		  (server:check-if-running *toppath*))))
	;;     (server:kind-run *toppath*))
	
	(if (> num-running 0)
	  (set! last-time-some-running (current-seconds)))

      (if (> (current-seconds)(+ last-time-some-running (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "give-up-waiting") 36000)))
	  (hash-table-set! *max-tries-hash* tfullname (+ (hash-table-ref/default *max-tries-hash* tfullname 0) 1)))
	;; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "max-tries-hash: " (hash-table->alist *max-tries-hash*))

	  (if (null? tal)
	      #f
	      (loop (car tal)(cdr tal) reg reruns)))
	    
	 ;; if items is a proc then need to run items:get-items-from-config, get the list and loop 
	 ;;    - but only do that if resources exist to kick off the job
	 ;; EXPAND ITEMS
	 ((or (procedure? items)(eq? items 'have-procedure)) ;; BB - target vars are env vars here? to allow expansion of [items]\nsomething [system echo $SOMETARGVAR], which is wonky
	  (let ((can-run-more    (runs:can-run-more-tests runsdat run-id jobgroup max-concurrent-jobs)))
	    (if (and (list? can-run-more)
		     (car can-run-more))
		(let ((loop-list (runs:expand-items hed tal reg reruns regfull newtal jobgroup max-concurrent-jobs run-id waitons item-path testmode test-record can-run-more items runname tconfig reglen test-registry test-records itemmaps)))
		  (if loop-list
		      (apply loop loop-list)))
		;; if can't run more just loop with next possible test

(define (runs:remove-test-directory test mode) ;; remove-data-only)
  (let* ((run-dir       (db:test-get-rundir test))    ;; run dir is from the link tree
	 (real-dir      (if (common:file-exists? run-dir)
			    ;; (resolve-pathname run-dir)
			    (common:nice-path run-dir)
			    #f))
         (clean-mode    (or mode 'remove-all))
         (test-id       (db:test-get-id test))
        ;; (lock-key      (conc "test-" test-id))
        ;; (got-lock      (let loop ((lock        (rmt:no-sync-get-lock lock-key))
	;; 			     (expire-time (+ (current-seconds) 30))) ;; give up on getting the lock and steal it after 15 seconds
	;; 		    (if (car lock)
	;; 			#t
	;; 			(if (> (current-seconds) expire-time)
	;; 			    (begin
	;; 			      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Timed out waiting for a lock to clean test with id " test-id)
	;; 			      (rmt:no-sync-del! lock-key) ;; destroy the lock
	;; 			      (loop (rmt:no-sync-get-lock lock-key) expire-time)) ;; 
	;; 			    (begin
	;; 			      (thread-sleep! 1)
	 ;; 			      (loop (rmt:no-sync-get-lock lock-key) expire-time)))))))
	 )
    (case clean-mode
      ((remove-data-only)(mt:test-set-state-status-by-id (db:test-get-run_id test)(db:test-get-id test) "CLEANING" "LOCKED" #f))
      ((remove-all)      (mt:test-set-state-status-by-id (db:test-get-run_id test)(db:test-get-id test) "REMOVING" "LOCKED" #f))
      ((archive-remove)  (mt:test-set-state-status-by-id (db:test-get-run_id test)(db:test-get-id test) "ARCHIVE_REMOVING" #f #f)))
    (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "Attempting to remove " (if real-dir (conc " dir " real-dir " and ") "") " link " run-dir)
    (if (and real-dir 
	     (> (string-length real-dir) 5)

		(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: not removing " run-dir " as it either doesn't exist or is not a symlink")
		(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "NOTE: the run dir for this test is undefined. Test may have already been deleted."))
	    ))
    ;; Only delete the records *after* removing the directory. If things fail we have a record 
    (case clean-mode
      ((remove-data-only)(mt:test-set-state-status-by-id (db:test-get-run_id test)(db:test-get-id test) (db:test-get-state test)(db:test-get-status test) #f))
      ((archive-remove)  (mt:test-set-state-status-by-id (db:test-get-run_id test)(db:test-get-id test) "ARCHIVED" #f #f))
      (else (rmt:delete-test-records (db:test-get-run_id test) (db:test-get-id test))))
    ;; (rmt:no-sync-del! lock-key)
    ))

;;======================================================================
;; Routines for manipulating runs
;;======================================================================

;; Since many calls to a run require pretty much the same setup 
;; this wrapper is used to reduce the replication of code