Megatest

		      (begin
			(print "ERROR: your key cannot be named " keyn " as this conflicts with the same named field in the runs table, you must remove your megatest.db and <linktree>/.db before trying again.")
			(exit 1)))))
	      keys)
    (sqlite3:with-transaction
     db
     (lambda ()
      ;; handle-exceptions
      ;; exn
      ;; (begin
      ;;   (debug:print 0 "ERROR: Failed to create tables. Look at your [fields] section, should be: fieldname TEXT DEFAULT 'yourdefault'")
      ;;   (exit))
       (sqlite3:execute db "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS keys (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, fieldname TEXT, fieldtype TEXT, CONSTRAINT keyconstraint UNIQUE (fieldname));")
       (for-each (lambda (key)
		   (sqlite3:execute db "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO keys (fieldname,fieldtype) VALUES (?,?);" key "TEXT"))
		 keys)
       (sqlite3:execute db (conc 
			    "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS runs (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, \n			 " 
			    fieldstr (if havekeys "," "") "

                              id           INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
                              test_id      INTEGER,
                              state        TEXT DEFAULT 'new',
                              status       TEXT DEFAULT 'n/a',
                              archive_type TEXT DEFAULT 'bup',
                              du           INTEGER,
                              archive_path TEXT);")))
     db)) ;; )

;;======================================================================
;; A R C H I V E S
;;======================================================================

;; dneeded is minimum space needed, scan for existing archives that 
;; are on disks with adequate space and already have this test/itempath

		  (set! *configstatus* 'partial))
		(begin
		  (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "No " mtconfig " file found. Giving up.")
		  (exit 2))))))
	;; COND ends here.
	
	;; additional house keeping
	(let* ((linktree (or (common:get-linktree)
			     (conc *toppath* "/lt"))))
	  (if linktree
	      (begin
		(if (not (common:file-exists? linktree))
		    (begin
		      (handle-exceptions
			  exn
			  (begin

    ;; misc
    ("-debug"           . #f)  ;; for *verbosity* > 2
    ("-load"            . #f)  ;; load and exectute a scheme file
    ("-log"             . #f)
    ("-msg"             . M)
    ("-start-dir"       . S)
    ("-set-vars"        . v)
    ("-config"          . h)
    ))
(define *switch-keys*
  '(
    ("-h"               . #f)
    ("-help"            . #f)
    ("--help"           . #f)
    ("-manual"          . #f)

;; Card types:
;;
;; A action
;; U username (Unix)
;; D timestamp
;; T card type

;; a summary list of used card types for helping to not accidentally re-use them
;;
;; ADGIMSTUZabcdefghiklnoprstuvwx

;; utilitarian alist for standard cards
;;
(define *additional-cards*
  '(
    ;; Standard Cards
    (A  . action    )
    (D  . timestamp )
    (T  . cardtype  )
    (U  . user      ) ;; username
    (Z  . shar1sum  )

    ;; Extras
    (a  . runkey    ) ;; needed for matching up pkts with target derived from runkey
    ;; (l  . new-ss    ) ;; new state/status
    (b  . branch    ) ;; repository branch or tag (fossil or git)
    (f  . url       ) ;; repository URL (e.g. fossil or git)
    (g  . clone     ) ;; existing clone area (cached in /tmp)
    ))

;; inlst is an alternative input
;;
(define (lookup-param-by-key key #!key (inlst #f))
  (fold (lambda (a res)
	  (if (eq? (cdr a) key)

				     (push-run-spec torun contour runkey
						    `((message  . ,(conc "fossil:" branch "-" node))
						      (runname  . ,(conc runname "-" node))
						      (runtrans . ,runtrans)
						      (areas    . ,areas)
						      ;; (target   . ,runkey)
						      (action   . ,action)
						      (branch   . ,branch)
						      (url      . ,url)
						      (clone    . ,(conc fdir "/" fname))
                                                      ))))
			     (print "Got datetime=" datetime " node=" node))))
		       val-alist))

		     ;; sensor looking for one or more files newer than reference
		     ;;
		     ((file file-or) ;; one or more files must be newer than the reference