Megatest

	       ;; These next two are intentional bad values to ensure errors if they should not
	       ;; get filled in properly.
	       (logfile       "/this/dir/better/not/exist")
	       (rundir        (if testdat 
				  (db:test-get-rundir testdat)
				  logfile))
	       (testdat-path  (conc rundir "/testdat.db")) ;; this gets recalculated until found 
	       (teststeps     (if testdat (dcommon:get-compressed-steps dbstruct run-id test-id) '()))
	       (testfullname  (if testdat (db:test-get-fullname testdat) "Gathering data ..."))
	       (testname      (if testdat (db:test-get-testname testdat) "n/a"))
	       (testmeta      (if testdat 
				  (let ((tm (db:testmeta-get-record dbstruct testname)))
				    (if tm tm (make-db:testmeta)))
				  (make-db:testmeta)))

						     exn 
						     (debug:print-info 0 "test db access issue in examine test for run-id " run-id ", test-id " test-id ": " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
						     (db:get-test-info-by-id dbstruct run-id test-id )))))
			       ;; (debug:print-info 0 "need-update= " need-update " curr-mod-time = " curr-mod-time)
			       (cond
				((and need-update newtestdat)
				 (set! testdat newtestdat)
				 (set! teststeps    (dcommon:get-compressed-steps dbstruct run-id test-id))
				 (set! logfile      (conc (db:test-get-rundir testdat) "/" (db:test-get-final_logf testdat)))
				 (set! rundir       ;; (filedb:get-path *fdb* 
				       (db:test-get-rundir testdat)) ;; )
				 (set! testfullname (db:test-get-fullname testdat))
				 ;; (debug:print 0 "INFO: teststeps=" (intersperse teststeps "\n    "))
				 
				 ;; I don't see why this was implemented this way. Please comment it ...

		     (cond
		      ((<   (tdb:step-get-event_time a)(tdb:step-get-event_time b)) #t)
		      ((eq? (tdb:step-get-event_time a)(tdb:step-get-event_time b)) 
		       (<   (tdb:step-get-id a)        (tdb:step-get-id b)))
		      (else #f)))))
      res))

;; temporarily passing in dbstruct to support direct access (i.e. bypassing servers)
;;
(define (dcommon:get-compressed-steps dbstruct run-id test-id)
  (let* ((steps-data  (if dbstruct 
			  (db:get-steps-for-test dbstruct run-id test-id)
			  (rmt:get-steps-for-test run-id test-id))) 
	 (comprsteps  (dcommon:process-steps-table steps-data))) ;; (open-run-close db:get-steps-table #f test-id work-area: work-area)))
    (map (lambda (x)
	   ;; take advantage of the \n on time->string
	   (vector
	    (vector-ref x 0)
	    (let ((s (vector-ref x 1)))
	      (if (number? s)(seconds->time-string s) s))
	    (let ((s (vector-ref x 2)))
	      (if (number? s)(seconds->time-string s) s))
	    (vector-ref x 3)    ;; status
	    (vector-ref x 4)
	    (vector-ref x 5)))  ;; time delta
	 (sort (hash-table-values comprsteps)
	       (lambda (a b)
		 (let ((time-a (vector-ref a 1))
		       (time-b (vector-ref b 1)))
		   (if (and (number? time-a)(number? time-b))
		       (if (< time-a time-b)
			   #t
			   (if (eq? time-a time-b)
			       (string<? (conc (vector-ref a 2))
					 (conc (vector-ref b 2)))
			       #f))
		       (string<? (conc time-a)(conc time-b)))))))))

(define (dcommon:populate-steps teststeps steps-matrix)
  (let ((max-row 0))
    (if (null? teststeps)
	(iup:attribute-set! steps-matrix "CLEARVALUE" "CONTENTS")
	(let loop ((hed    (car teststeps))
		   (tal    (cdr teststeps))
		   (rownum 1)

	     (test-data    (hash-table-ref/default testdat test-id #f))
	     (run-id       (db:test-get-run_id test-data))
	     (targ/runname (hash-table-ref/default (dboard:data-get-run-keys *data*) 
						   run-id
						   '()))
	     (target       (if (null? targ/runname) "" (string-intersperse (reverse (cdr (reverse targ/runname))) "/")))
	     (runname      (if (null? targ/runname) "" (car (cdr targ/runname))))
	     (steps-dat    (dcommon:get-compressed-steps *dbstruct-local* run-id test-id)))
				
	(if test-data
	    (begin
	      ;; 
	      (for-each 
	       (lambda (data)
		 (let ((mat    (car data))

(require-library stml)

(declare (unit tests))
(declare (uses lock-queue))
(declare (uses db))
(declare (uses tdb))
(declare (uses common))
(declare (uses dcommon)) ;; needed for the steps processing
(declare (uses items))
(declare (uses runconfig))
;; (declare (uses sdb))

(include "common_records.scm")
(include "key_records.scm")
(include "db_records.scm")

		      ))
		  (close-output-port oup)
		  (lock-queue:release-lock outputfilename test-id)
		  (change-directory orig-dir)
		  ;; NB// tests:test-set-toplog! is remote internal...
		  (tests:test-set-toplog! run-id test-name outputfilename)
		  )))))))

































;; summarize test
(define (tests:summarize-test run-id test-id)
  (let* ((test-dat  (rmt:get-test-info-by-id run-id test-id))
	 (steps-dat (rmt:get-steps-for-test run-id test-id))
	 (test-name (db:test-get-testname test-dat))
	 (item-path (db:test-get-item-path test-dat))