Megatest

		      (assert #f "FATAL: failed to deserialize indat "indat))))))
      ;; (set! *api-process-request-count* (- *api-process-request-count* 1))
      ;; (serialize payload)
     
      (api:unregister-thread (current-thread))
      result)))

(define api:tcp-dispatch-request-make-handler api:tcp-dispatch-request-make-handler-old) ;; choose -old or -new

(define *api-halt-writes* #f)

(define (api:dispatch-request dbstruct cmd run-id params)
  (if (not *no-sync-db*)
      (db:open-no-sync-db))
  (let* ((start-time (current-milliseconds)))

	   (tl         (launch:setup))
	   (keys       (keys:config-get-fields *configdat*)))
      (case (rmt:transport-mode)
	((tcp)
	 (let* ((timeout    (server:expiration-timeout)))
	   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: megatest -server starting on " (get-host-name) " for " dbfname " using tcp method with timeout of "timeout)
	   (tt-server-timeout-param timeout)
	   (api:queue-processor)
	   (thread-start! (make-thread api:print-db-stats "print-db-stats"))
	   (if dbfname
	       (tt:start-server tl #f dbfname api:tcp-dispatch-request-make-handler keys)
	       (begin
		 (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: transport mode is tcp - -db is required.")
		 (exit 1)))))
	(else (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: rmt:transport-mode value not recognised "(rmt:transport-mode))))

;; Maintenance
;;======================================================================


(define (rmt:get-toplevels-and-incompletes run-id running-deadtime remotehoststart-deadtime)
  (rmtmod:send-receive 'get-toplevels-and-incompletes run-id (list run-id running-deadtime remotehoststart-deadtime)))

;; .final-status file is two lines:
;; "state"
;; "status"
;;
(define (rmt:get-status-from-final-status-file run-dir)
  (let ((infile (conc run-dir "/.final-status")))
    ;; first verify we are able to read the output file
    (if (not (file-read-access? infile))
        (begin 
	  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "ERROR: cannot read " infile)
          (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "ERROR: run-dir is " run-dir)
          #f
          )
	(let ((res (with-input-from-file infile read-lines)))
	  (if (null? res)
	      #f
	      res))))) ;; (string-split (car res))))))) <== I would have preferred a single line STATE STATUS without "'s
	      ;; (string-split (car res))))))) ;; DUNNO WHICH IS CORRECT
  
;;  select end_time-now from
;;      (select testname,item_path,event_time+run_duration as
;;                          end_time,strftime('%s','now') as now from tests where state in
;;      ('RUNNING','REMOTEHOSTSTART','LAUNCHED'));
;;
;; NOT EASY TO MIGRATE TO db{file,mod}

(define (tests:save-final-status run-id test-id)
  (let* ((test-dat  (rmt:get-test-info-by-id run-id test-id))
	 (out-dir   (db:test-get-rundir test-dat))
	 (status-file  (conc out-dir "/.final-status"))
   )
    ;; first verify we are able to write the output file
    (if (not (file-write-access? out-dir))
	(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: cannot write .final-status to " out-dir)

	(let* ((outp      (open-output-file status-file))
	       (status    (db:test-get-status   test-dat))
	       (state     (db:test-get-state    test-dat)))
	  (with-output-to-port outp
	    (lambda ()
	      (print state) ;; printf was putting in ", not sure why but that was a hassle in other contexts
	      (print status)))
	  (close-output-port outp)))))


;; summarize test in to a file test-summary.html in the test directory
;;
(define (tests:summarize-test run-id test-id)
  (let* ((test-dat  (rmt:get-test-info-by-id run-id test-id))
	 (out-dir   (db:test-get-rundir test-dat))
	 (out-file  (conc out-dir "/test-summary.html")))