Megatest

    ;; Now create the link from the test path to the link tree, however
    ;; if the test is iterated it is necessary to create the parent path
    ;; to the iteration. use pathname-directory to trim the path by one
    ;; level
    (if (not not-iterated) ;; i.e. iterated
	(let ((iterated-parent  (pathname-directory (conc lnkpath "/" item-path))))
	  (debug:print-info 2 "Creating iterated parent " iterated-parent)
	  (handle-exceptions
	   exn
	   (begin
	     (debug:print 0 "ERROR:  Failed to create directory " iterated-parent ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", exiting")
	     (exit 1))
	   (create-directory iterated-parent #t))))

    (if (symbolic-link? lnkpath) 
	(handle-exceptions
	 exn
	 (begin
	   (debug:print 0 "ERROR:  Failed to remove symlink " lnkpath ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", exiting")
	   (exit 1))
	 (delete-file lnkpath)))

    (if (not (or (file-exists? lnkpath)
		 (symbolic-link? lnkpath)))
	(handle-exceptions
	 exn
	 (begin
	   (debug:print 0 "ERROR:  Failed to create symlink " lnkpath ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", exiting")
	   (exit 1))
	 (create-symbolic-link toptest-path lnkpath)))
    
    ;; The toptest path has been created, the link to the test in the linktree has
    ;; been created. Now, if this is an iterated test the real test dir must be created
    (if (not not-iterated) ;; this is an iterated test
	(let ((lnktarget (conc lnkpath "/" item-path)))
	  (debug:print 2 "Setting up sub test run area")
	  (debug:print 2 " - creating run area in " test-path)
	  (handle-exceptions
	   exn
	   (begin
	     (debug:print 0 "ERROR:  Failed to create directory " test-path ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", exiting")
	     (exit 1))
	   (create-directory test-path #t))
	  (debug:print 2 
		       " - creating link from: " test-path "\n"
		       "                   to: " lnktarget)


	  ;; If there is already a symlink delete it and recreate it.
	  (handle-exceptions
	   exn
	   (begin
	     (debug:print 0 "ERROR:  Failed to re-create link " linktarget ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", exiting")
	     (exit))
	   (if (symbolic-link? lnktarget)     (delete-file lnktarget))
	   (if (not (file-exists? lnktarget)) (create-symbolic-link test-path lnktarget)))))

    ;; I suspect this section was deleting test directories under some 
    ;; wierd sitations? This doesn't make sense - reenabling the rm -f 
    ;; I honestly don't remember *why* this chunk was needed...
    ;; (let ((testlink (conc lnkpath "/" testname)))
    ;;   (if (and (file-exists? testlink)
    ;;            (or (regular-file? testlink)
    ;;     	   (symbolic-link? testlink)))
    ;;       (system (conc "rm -f " testlink)))
    ;;   (system  (conc "ln -sf " test-path " " testlink)))
    (if (directory? test-path)
	(begin
	  (let* ((ovrcmd (let ((cmd (config-lookup *configdat* "setup" "testcopycmd")))
			   (if cmd
			       ;; substitute the TEST_SRC_PATH and TEST_TARG_PATH
			       (string-substitute "TEST_TARG_PATH" test-path
						  (string-substitute "TEST_SRC_PATH" test-src-path cmd))
			       #f)))
		 (cmd    (if ovrcmd 
			     ovrcmd
			     (conc "rsync -av" (if (debug:debug-mode 1) "" "q") " " test-src-path "/ " test-path "/")))
		 (status (system cmd)))
	    (if (not (eq? status 0))
		(debug:print 2 "ERROR: problem with running \"" cmd "\"")))
	  (list lnkpathf lnkpath ))
	(list #f #f))))

;; 1. look though disks list for disk with most space

[disks]
disk0 #{getenv MT_RUN_AREA_HOME}/runs

# put env-override last so definitions in site.config by default
# are added as env-override variables
#
[env-override]

# if the file site.config exists it will be used
[include site.config]

				   (debug:print 0 "WARNING: test dir " real-dir " appears to not exist or is not readable")))
			     (if real-dir 
				 (debug:print 0 "WARNING: directory " real-dir " does not exist")
				 (debug:print 0 "WARNING: no real directory corrosponding to link " run-dir ", nothing done")))
			 (if (symbolic-link? run-dir)
			     (begin
			       (debug:print-info 1 "Removing symlink " run-dir)
			       (handle-exceptions
				exn
				(debug:print 0 "ERROR:  Failed to remove symlink " run-dir ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", attempting to continue")
				(delete-file run-dir)))
			     (if (directory? run-dir)
				 (if (> (directory-fold (lambda (f x)(+ 1 x)) 0 run-dir) 0)
				     (debug:print 0 "WARNING: refusing to remove " run-dir " as it is not empty")
				      (handle-exceptions
				       exn
				       (debug:print 0 "ERROR:  Failed to remove directory " run-dir ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", attempting to continue")
				       (delete-directory run-dir)))
				 (if run-dir
				     (debug:print 0 "WARNING: not removing " run-dir " as it either doesn't exist or is not a symlink")
				     (debug:print 0 "NOTE: the run dir for this test is undefined. Test may have already been deleted."))
				 )))
			((set-state-status)
			 (debug:print-info 2 "new state " (car state-status) ", new status " (cadr state-status))
			 (open-run-close db:test-set-state-status-by-id db (db:test-get-id test) (car state-status)(cadr state-status) #f)))))

[fields]
sysname TEXT
fsname TEXT
datapath TEXT

# refareas can be searched to find previous runs
# the path points to where megatest.db exists
[refareas]
area1 /tmp/oldarea/megatest

[include #{getenv MT_RUN_AREA_HOME}/config/mt_include_1.config]

[setup]

# It is possible (but not recommended) to override the rsync command used
# to populate the test directories. For test development the following 
# example can be useful
#
testcopycmd cp --remove-destination -rsv TEST_SRC_PATH/. TEST_TARG_PATH/.

# or for hard links

# testcopycmd cp --remove-destination -rlv TEST_SRC_PATH/ TEST_TARG_PATH/

# FULL or 2, NORMAL or 1, OFF or 0
synchronous OFF
# Throttle roughly scales the db access milliseconds to seconds delay
throttle 0.2
# Max retries allows megatest to re-check that a tests status has changed
# as tests can have transient FAIL status occasionally
maxretries 20