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		  (if (not *time-to-exit*) (loop))))
	    (if (common:low-noise-print 30)
		(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Exiting watchdog timer, *time-to-exit* = " *time-to-exit*" pid="(current-process-id)" this-wd-num="this-wd-num)))))))

;; TODO: for multiple areas, we will have multiple watchdogs; and multiple threads to manage
(define (common:watchdog)
  (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "common:watchdog entered.")
  (if (launch:setup)
  (if (common:on-homehost?)
      (let ((dbstruct (db:setup #t)))
	(debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "after db:setup with dbstruct="dbstruct)
	(cond
	 ((dbr:dbstruct-read-only dbstruct)
	  (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "loading read-only watchdog")
	  (common:readonly-watchdog dbstruct))
	 (else
	  (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "loading writable-watchdog.")
	  (common:writable-watchdog dbstruct)))
	(debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "watchdog done."))
	  (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "no need for watchdog on non-homehost"))))


(define (std-exit-procedure)
  (on-exit (lambda () 0))
  ;;(debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "std-exit-procedure called; *time-to-exit*="*time-to-exit*)
  (let ((no-hurry  (if *time-to-exit* ;; hurry up
		       #f

;;  'old2new      - sync megatest.db to /tmp/.../megatest.db and /tmp/.../megatest_ref.db
;;  'new2old      - sync /tmp/.../megatest.db to megatest.db and /tmp/.../megatest_ref.db (and update data_synced)
;;  'closeall     - close all opened dbs
;;  'schema       - attempt to apply schema changes
;;  run-ids: '(1 2 3 ...) or #f (for all)
;;
(define (db:multi-db-sync dbstruct . options)
  ;; (if (not (launch:setup))
  ;;    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: not able to setup up for megatest.")
      (let* ((mtdb     (dbr:dbstruct-mtdb dbstruct))
	     (tmpdb    (db:get-db dbstruct))
             (refndb   (dbr:dbstruct-refndb dbstruct))
	     (allow-cleanup #t) ;; (if run-ids #f #t))
	     (servers (server:get-list *toppath*)) ;; (tasks:get-all-servers (db:delay-if-busy tdbdat)))
	     (data-synced 0)) ;; count of changed records (I hope)

              (db:patch-schema-maindb (db:dbdat-get-db refndb))
              (db:patch-schema-rundb  (db:dbdat-get-db mtdb))
              (db:patch-schema-rundb  (db:dbdat-get-db tmpdb))
              (db:patch-schema-rundb  (db:dbdat-get-db refndb))))
	
	   (stack-push! (dbr:dbstruct-dbstack dbstruct) tmpdb))
	 options)
    data-synced))

;; keeping it around for debugging purposes only
(define (open-run-close-no-exception-handling  proc idb . params)
  (debug:print-info 11 *default-log-port* "open-run-close-no-exception-handling START given a db=" (if idb "yes " "no ") ", params=" params)
  (print "I don't work anymore. open-run-close-no-exception-handling needs fixing or removing...")
  (exit)
  (if (or *db-write-access*

      *toppath*   ;; return toppath
      (let* ((use-cache (common:use-cache?)) ;; BB- use-cache checks *configdat* for use-cache setting.  We do not have *configdat*.  Bootstrapping problem here.
	     (toppath  (or *toppath* areapath (getenv "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME"))) ;; preserve toppath
	     (target   (common:args-get-target))
	     (sections (if target (list "default" target) #f)) ;; for runconfigs
	     (mtconfig (or (args:get-arg "-config") "megatest.config")) ;; allow overriding megatest.config 
             (cachefiles (launch:get-cache-file-paths areapath toppath target mtconfig))
	     ;; checking for null cachefiles should not be necessary, I was seeing error car of '(), might be a chicken bug or a red herring ...
	     (mtcachef   (if (null? cachefiles)
			     #f
			     (car cachefiles))) ;; (and cachedir (conc cachedir "/" ".megatest.cfg-"  megatest-version "-" megatest-fossil-hash)))
	     (rccachef   (if (null? cachefiles)
			     #f
			     (cdr cachefiles)))) ;; (and cachedir (conc cachedir "/" ".runconfigs.cfg-"  megatest-version "-" megatest-fossil-hash)))
	      ;; (cancreate (and cachedir (common:file-exists? cachedir)(file-write-access? cachedir) (not (common:in-running-test?)))))
	(set! *toppath* toppath) ;; This is needed when we are running as a test using CMDINFO as a datasource
        ;;(BB> "launch:setup-body -- cachefiles="cachefiles)
	(cond
	 ;; if mtcachef exists just read it, however we need to assume toppath is available in $MT_RUN_AREA_HOME
	 ((and (not force-reread) mtcachef (common:file-exists? mtcachef) (get-environment-variable "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME") use-cache)
          ;;(BB> "launch:setup-body -- cond branch 1 - use-cache")
          (set! *configdat*    (configf:read-alist mtcachef))

(let ((targ (or (args:get-arg "-reqtarg")(args:get-arg "-target"))))
  (if targ (setenv "MT_TARGET" targ)))

;; The watchdog is to keep an eye on things like db sync etc.
;;

;; TODO: for multiple areas, we will have multiple watchdogs; and multiple threads to manage
(define *watchdog* (make-thread
		    (lambda ()
		      (handle-exceptions
			  exn
			  (begin
			    (print-call-chain)
			    (print " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn)))
			(common:watchdog)))
		    "Watchdog thread"))

;;(if (not (args:get-arg "-server"))
;;    (thread-start! *watchdog*)) ;; if starting a server; wait till we get to running state before kicking off watchdog
(let* ((no-watchdog-args
       '("-list-runs"
         "-list-servers"
         "-server"

    ;; NOTE: these are all parent tests, items are not expanded yet.
    (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "test-records=" (hash-table->alist test-records))
    (let ((reglen (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "runqueue")))
      (if (> (length (hash-table-keys test-records)) 0)
	  (let* ((keep-going        #t)
		 (run-queue-retries 5)
		 (th1        (make-thread (lambda ()
					    (handle-exceptions
						exn
						(begin
						  (print-call-chain)
						  (print " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn)))
					      (runs:run-tests-queue run-id runname test-records keyvals flags test-patts required-tests
								    (any->number reglen) all-tests-registry)))
					    ;; (handle-exceptions
					    ;;  exn
					    ;;  (begin
					    ;;    (print-call-chain (current-error-port))
					    ;;    (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "failure in runs:run-tests-queue thread, error: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
					    ;;    (if (> run-queue-retries 0)
					    ;; 	   (begin