Megatest

                ;;(debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "INFO: ["(common:human-time)"] Syncer started (method="syncer")")
                )))
	    (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "watchdog done."))
	  (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "no need for watchdog on non-homehost"))))

(define (server:writable-watchdog-bruteforce dbstruct)
  (thread-sleep! 1) ;; delay for startup
  (let* ((do-a-sync  (server:get-bruteforce-syncer dbstruct))
  #;(let* ((do-a-sync  (server:get-bruteforce-syncer dbstruct))
         (final-sync (server:get-bruteforce-syncer dbstruct fork-to-background: #t persist-until-sync: #t)))
    (when (and (not (args:get-arg "-sync-to-megatest.db")) ;; conditions under which we do not run the sync
	       (args:get-arg "-server"))
      
      (let loop ()
	(do-a-sync)
        (if (not *time-to-exit*) (loop))) ;; keep going unless time to exit

;;       (server:have-sync-lock?))
;;      (else #f))))

;; moving this here as it needs access to db and cannot be in common.
;;

(define (server:get-bruteforce-syncer dbstruct #!key (fork-to-background #f) (persist-until-sync #f))
  (debug:print "WARNING: bruteforce-syncer is called but has been disabled!")
  (lambda ()
    (debug:print "WARNING: bruteforce-syncer is called but has been disabled!"))
  (let* ((sqlite-exe   (or (get-environment-variable "MT_SQLITE3_EXE"))) ;; defined in cfg.sh
  #;(let* ((sqlite-exe   (or (get-environment-variable "MT_SQLITE3_EXE"))) ;; defined in cfg.sh
         (sync-log     (or (args:get-arg "-sync-log") (conc *toppath* "/logs/sync-" (current-process-id) "-" (get-host-name) ".log")))
	 (tmp-area     (common:get-db-tmp-area))
	 (tmp-db       (conc tmp-area "/megatest.db"))
	 (staging-file (conc *toppath* "/.megatest.db"))
	 (mtdbfile     (conc *toppath* "/megatest.db"))
	 (lockfile     (common:get-sync-lock-filepath))
         (sync-cmd-core     (conc sqlite-exe" " tmp-db " .dump | "sqlite-exe" " staging-file "&>"sync-log))