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	     (if (not res) ;; tt:handler is telling us that communication failed
		 (let* ((host    (tt-conn-host conn))
			(port    (tt-conn-port conn))
			;; (dbfname (tt-conn-port conn)) ;; 192.168.0.127:4242-726924:4.db
			(pid     (tt-conn-pid  conn))
                        (servinf (tt-conn-servinf-file conn))) 
			;;(servinf (tt-servinf-file ttdat))) ;; (conc areapath"/.servinfo/"host":"port"-"pid":"dbfname))) ;; TODO, use (server:get-servinfo-dir areapath)
		   (hash-table-set! (tt-conns ttdat) dbfname #f)
		   (if (and servinf (file-exists? servinf))
		       (begin
			 (if (< attemptnum 3)
			     (begin
			       (thread-sleep! 0.25)
			       (tt:handler ttdat cmd run-id params (+ attemptnum 1) area-dat areapath readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe))
			     (begin
			       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: no response from server "host":"port" for "dbfname)

			       (if (and (file-exists? servinf)
					(> (- (current-seconds)(file-modification-time servinf)) 60))
				   (begin
				     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: "servinf" file seems old and no ping response, removing it.")
				     (handle-exceptions
					 exn
				       #f

;; the server, look at (tt:start-server ...) above for the entry point
;; for the entire server system
;;
(define (tt:start-tcp-server ttdat)
  (setup-listener-portlogger ttdat) ;; set up tcp-listener
  (let* ((socket   (tt-socket  ttdat))
	 (handler  (tt-handler ttdat)) ;; the handler comes from our client setting a handler function

	 (handler-proc (lambda ()
			 (let* ((indat         (deserialize))
				(result        #f)
				(exn-result    #f)
				(stdout-result (with-output-to-string
						 (lambda ()
						   (let ((res (handle-exceptions
								  exn
								(let* ((errdat (condition->list exn)))
								  (set! exn-result errdat)
								  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: handler exception, these are bad, will exit in five seconds.")
								  (pp errdat *default-log-port*)
								  ;; these are always bad, set up an exit thread
								  (thread-start! (make-thread (lambda ()
												(thread-sleep! 5)
												(exit))))

								  #f)
								(handler indat) ;; this is the proc being called by the remote client
								)))
						     (set! result res)))))
				(full-result (list result exn-result (if (equal? stdout-result "") #f stdout-result))))
			   (handle-exceptions
			       exn
			     (begin
			       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Serialization failure. full-result="full-result)
			       ;; (serialize '(#f #f #f)) ;; doesn't work - the first call to serialize caused failure
			       )
			     (serialize full-result))))))



    ((make-tcp-server socket handler-proc)
     #f ;; yes, send error messages to std-err
     )))

;; create a tcp listener and return a populated udat struct with
;; my port, address, hostname, pid etc.
;; return #f if fail to find a port to allocate.
;;
;;  if udata-in is #f create the record
;;  if there is already a serv-listener return the udata
;;
;; (define (setup-listener uconn #!optional (port 4242))
;;   (assert (tt? uconn) "FATAL: setup-listener called with wrong struct "uconn)
;;   (handle-exceptions
;;    exn
;;    (if (< port 65535)
;;        (begin
;; 	 (thread-sleep! 0.25)
;; 	 (setup-listener uconn (+ port 1)))
;;        #f)
;;    (connect-listener uconn port)))

(define (setup-listener-portlogger uconn)
  (let ((port (portlogger:open-run-close portlogger:find-port)))
    (assert (tt? uconn) "FATAL: setup-listener called with wrong struct "uconn)
    (handle-exceptions
	exn
      (if (< port 65535)