Index: Makefile
==================================================================
--- Makefile
+++ Makefile
@@ -32,10 +32,15 @@
 # module source files
 MSRCFILES = dbfile.scm debugprint.scm mtargs.scm commonmod.scm dbmod.scm \
            dbmemmod.scm tcp-transportmod.scm
 
 all : $(PREFIX)/bin/.$(ARCHSTR) mtest dboard mtut tcmt
+
+transport-mode.scm : transport-mode.scm.template
+	cp transport-mode.scm.template transport-mode.scm
+
+megatest.scm : transport-mode.scm
 
 # dbmod.import.o is just a hack here
 mofiles/dbfile.o     : mofiles/debugprint.o mofiles/commonmod.o dbmod.import.o
 db.o : dbmod.import.o
 mofiles/debugprint.o : mofiles/mtargs.o

Index: megatest.scm
==================================================================
--- megatest.scm
+++ megatest.scm
@@ -80,13 +80,11 @@
 (require-library mutils)
 
 (define *usage-log-file* #f)    ;; put path to file for logging usage in this var in the ~/.megatestrc file
 (define *usage-use-seconds* #t) ;; for Epoc seconds in usage logging change this to #t in ~/.megatestrc file
 
-;; 'http or 'tcp
-;; (rmt:transport-mode 'tcp)
-(rmt:transport-mode 'http)
+(include "transport-mode.scm")
 
 (dbfile:db-init-proc db:initialize-main-db)
 
 ;; load the ~/.megatestrc file, put (use trace)(trace-call-sites #t)(trace function-you-want-to-trace) in this file
 ;;

ADDED   transport-mode.scm.template
Index: transport-mode.scm.template
==================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ transport-mode.scm.template
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+;; 'http or 'tcp
+;; (rmt:transport-mode 'tcp)
+(rmt:transport-mode 'http)