Megatest

						(thread-sleep! 2)
						(loop (+ i 1)))
					      )))))
				 ;; then, if runscript ran ok (or did not get called)
				 ;; do all the ezsteps (if any)
				 (if ezsteps
				     (let* ((testconfig ;; (read-config (conc work-area "/testconfig") #f #t environ-patt: "pre-launch-env-vars")) ;; FIXME??? is allow-system ok here?
					     (tests:get-testconfig test-name tconfigreg #t force-create: #t)) ;; 'return-procs)))
					    (ezstepslst (hash-table-ref/default testconfig "ezsteps" '())))
				       (hash-table-set! *testconfigs* test-name testconfig) ;; cached for lazy reads later ...
				       (if (not (file-exists? ".ezsteps"))(create-directory ".ezsteps"))
				       ;; if ezsteps was defined then we are sure to have at least one step but check anyway
				       (if (not (> (length ezstepslst) 0))
					   (debug:print 0 "ERROR: ezsteps defined but ezstepslst is zero length")
					   (let loop ((ezstep (car ezstepslst))

    (list "MT_RUNNAME"   runname)
    ;; (list "MT_TARGET"    mt_target)
    ))
  (let* ((tregistry       (tests:get-all))
	 (item-path       (let ((ip (item-list->path itemdat)))
			    (alist->env-vars (list (list "MT_ITEMPATH" ip)))
			    ip))
	 (tconfig         (or (tests:get-testconfig test-name tregistry #t force-create: #t)
			      test-conf)) ;; force re-read now that all vars are set
	 (useshell        (let ((ush (config-lookup *configdat* "jobtools"     "useshell")))
			    (if ush 
				(if (equal? ush "no") ;; must use "no" to NOT use shell
				    #f
				    ush)
				#t)))     ;; default is yes

	     (getenv "MT_TARGET")    "/"
	     (getenv "MT_RUNNAME")   "/"
	     (getenv "MT_TEST_NAME") "/"
	     (if (or (getenv "MT_ITEMPATH")
		     (not (string=? "" (getenv "MT_ITEMPATH"))))
		 (conc "/" (getenv "MT_ITEMPATH"))))))

(define (tests:get-testconfig test-name test-registry system-allowed #!key (force-create #f))
  (let* ((test-path         (hash-table-ref/default 
			     test-registry test-name 
			     (conc *toppath* "/tests/" test-name)))
	 (test-configf (conc test-path "/testconfig"))
	 (testexists   (and (file-exists? test-configf)(file-read-access? test-configf)))
	 (cache-path   (tests:get-test-path-from-environment))
	 (cache-exists (and cache-path 
			    (not force-create)  ;; if force-create then pretend there is no cache to read
			    (file-exists? (conc cache-path "/.testconfig"))))
	 (cache-file   (conc cache-path "/.testconfig"))
	 (tcfg         (if testexists
			   (or (and cache-exists
				    (handle-exceptions
				     exn
				     (begin
				       (debug:print 0 "WARNING: Failed to read " cache-file)