Megatest

    ((_ (name arg ...) body ...)
     (define-syntax name (syntax-rules () ((name arg ...) (begin body ...)))))))

;; (define-syntax common:handle-exceptions
;;   (syntax-rules ()
;;     ((_ exn-in errstmt ...)(handle-exceptions exn-in errstmt ...))))

;; this works, why didn't I use it more?
(define-syntax common:debug-handle-exceptions
  (syntax-rules ()
    ((_ debug exn errstmt body ...)
     (if debug
	 (begin body ...)
	 (handle-exceptions exn errstmt body ...)))))

;; 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)))
			    (print " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", exn=" 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"

;; manually started and thus should never be started in a non-megatest area. Thus no need to handle situation
;; where (launch:setup) returns #f?
;;
(if (or (args:get-arg "-log")(args:get-arg "-server")) ;; redirect the log always when a server
    (handle-exceptions
	exn
	(begin
	  (print "ERROR: Failed to switch to log output. " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
	  (print "ERROR: Failed to switch to log output. " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", exn=" exn)
	  )
      (let* ((tl   (or (args:get-arg "-log")(launch:setup)))   ;; run launch:setup if -server, ensure we do NOT run launch:setup if -log specified
	     (logf (or (args:get-arg "-log") ;; use -log unless we are a server, then craft a logfile name
		       (conc tl "/logs/server-" (current-process-id) "-" (get-host-name) ".log")))
	     (oup  (open-logfile logf)))
	(if (not (args:get-arg "-log"))
	    (hash-table-set! args:arg-hash "-log" logf)) ;; fake out future queries of -log

    (let ((original-exit (exit-handler)))
      (exit-handler (lambda (#!optional (exit-code 0))
		      (printf "Preparing to exit with exit code ~A ...\n" exit-code)
		      (for-each
		       
		       (lambda (pid)
			 (handle-exceptions
			  exn
			  #t
			     exn
			   (begin
			     (printf "process reap failed. exn=~A\n" exn)
			     #t)
			  (let-values (((pid-val exit-status exit-code) (process-wait pid #t)))
				      (if (or (eq? pid-val pid)
					      (eq? pid-val 0))
					  (begin
					    (printf "Sending signal/term to ~A\n" pid)
					    (process-signal pid signal/term))))))
		       (process:children #f))

		   (state         (if newstate  newstate  (db:test-get-state  test-dat)))
		   (status        (if newstatus newstatus (db:test-get-status test-dat))))
	      ;; (mutex-lock! *triggers-mutex*)
              (handle-exceptions
               exn
               (begin
                 (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* " Exception in mt:process-triggers for run-id="run-id" test-id="test-id" newstate="newstate" newstatus="newstatus
                                    "\n   error: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn)
                                    "\n   error: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", exn=" exn
                                    "\n   test-rundir="test-rundir
                                    "\n   test-name="test-name
                                    "\n   item-path="item-path
                                    "\n   state="state
                                    "\n   status="status
                                    "\n")
                 (print-call-chain (current-error-port))

   (let-values (((rpid exit-type exit-signal)(process-wait pid #t)))
       (and (number? rpid)
	    (equal? rpid pid)))))

(define (process:alive-on-host? host pid)
  (let ((cmd (conc "ssh " host " ps -o pid= -p " pid)))
    (handle-exceptions
     exn
     #f ;; anything goes wrong - assume the process in NOT running.
	exn
      (begin
	(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "failed to identify if process " pid ", on host " host " is alive. exn=" exn)
	#f) ;; anything goes wrong - assume the process in NOT running.
     (with-input-from-pipe 
      cmd
      (lambda ()
	(let loop ((inl (read-line)))
	  (if (eof-object? inl)
	      #f
	      (let* ((clean-str (string-substitute "^[^\\d]*([0-9]+)[^\\d]*$" "\\1" inl))

/		(set! *db-last-access* start-time)  ;; THIS IS PROBABLY USELESS? (we are on a client)
                (mutex-unlock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)))))
    res))

(define (rmt:send-receive-no-auto-client-setup connection-info cmd run-id params)
  (let* ((run-id   (if run-id run-id 0))
	 (res  	   (handle-exceptions
		    exn
		    #f
		    (http-transport:client-api-send-receive run-id connection-info cmd params))))
		       exn
		     (begin
		       (print "transport failed. exn=" exn)
		       #f)
		     (http-transport:client-api-send-receive run-id connection-info cmd params))))
    (if (and res (vector-ref res 0))
	(vector-ref res 1) ;;; YES!! THIS IS CORRECT!! CHANGE IT HERE, THEN CHANGE rmt:send-receive ALSO!!!
	#f)))

;; ;; Wrap json library for strings (why the ports crap in the first place?)
;; (define (rmt:dat->json-str dat)
;;   (with-output-to-string 

;; given a path to a server log return: host port startseconds
;;
(define (server:logf-get-start-info logf)
  (let ((rx (regexp "^SERVER STARTED: (\\S+):(\\d+) AT ([\\d\\.]+)"))) ;; SERVER STARTED: host:port AT timesecs
    (handle-exceptions
	exn
      (begin
	(print "failed to get server info from " logf ", exn=" exn)
	(list #f #f #f) ;; no idea what went wrong, call it a bad server
	(list #f #f #f)) ;; no idea what went wrong, call it a bad server
      (with-input-from-file
	  logf
	(lambda ()
	  (let loop ((inl  (read-line))
		     (lnum 0))
	    (if (not (eof-object? inl))
		(let ((mlst (string-match rx inl)))

	  (if (null? server-logs)
	      '()
	      (let loop ((hed  (car server-logs))
			 (tal  (cdr server-logs))
			 (res '()))
		(let* ((mod-time  (handle-exceptions
				      exn
				    (begin
				      (print "failed to get modification time on " hed ", exn=" exn)
				      (current-seconds) ;; 0
				      (current-seconds)) ;; 0
				    (file-modification-time hed))) ;; default to *very* old so log gets ignored if deleted
		       (down-time (- (current-seconds) mod-time))
		       (serv-dat  (if (or (< num-serv-logs 10)
				  	  (< down-time 900)) ;; day-seconds))
				      (server:logf-get-start-info hed)
				      '())) ;; don't waste time processing server files not touched in the 15 minutes if there are more than ten servers to look at
		       (serv-rec (cons mod-time serv-dat))

(define (tasks:get-task-db-path)
  (let ((dbdir  (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "monitordir")
		    (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "dbdir")
		    (conc (common:get-linktree) "/.db"))))
    (handle-exceptions
     exn
     (begin
       (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Couldn't create path to " dbdir)
       (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Couldn't create path to " dbdir ", exn=" exn)
       (exit 1))
     (if (not (directory? dbdir))(create-directory dbdir #t)))
    dbdir))

;; If file exists AND
;;    file readable
;;         ==> open it

		  (change-directory orig-dir)
		  ;; NB// tests:test-set-toplog! is remote internal...
		  (tests:test-set-toplog! run-id test-name outputfilename))
		;; didn't get the lock, check to see if current update started later than this 
		;; update, if so we can exit without doing any work
		(if (> my-start-time (handle-exceptions
					 exn
				       (begin
					 (print "failed to get mod time on " lockf ", exn=" exn)
					 0
					 0)
				       (file-modification-time lockf)))
		    ;; we started since current re-gen in flight, delay a little and try again
		    (begin
		      (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "Waiting to update " outputfilename ", another test currently updating it")
		      (thread-sleep! (+ 5 (random 5))) ;; delay between 5 and 10 seconds
		      (loop (common:simple-file-lock lockf))))))))))

    (if fnamepatt
	(apply append 
	       (map (lambda (p)
		      (if (directory-exists? p)
			  (let ((glob-query (conc p "/" fnamepatt)))
			    (handle-exceptions
				exn
			      (begin
				(print "built-in glob on " glob-query ", failed, try using the shell. exn=" exn)
				(with-input-from-pipe
				    (conc "echo " glob-query)
				  read-lines)  ;; we aren't going to try too hard. If glob breaks it is likely because someone tried to do */*/*.log or similar
				 (conc "echo " glob-query)
				 read-lines))  ;; we aren't going to try too hard. If glob breaks it is likely because someone tried to do */*/*.log or similar
			      (glob glob-query)))
			  '()))
		    paths-from-db))
	paths-from-db)))

			      
;;======================================================================

	 (cache-exists (and cache-file
			    (not force-create)  ;; if force-create then pretend there is no cache to read
			    (common:file-exists? cache-file)))
	 (cached-dat   (if (and (not force-create)
				cache-exists
				use-cache)
			   (handle-exceptions
			    exn
			    #f ;; any issues, just give up with the cached version and re-read
			    (configf:read-alist cache-file))
			       exn
			     (begin
			       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "failed to read " cache-file ", exn=" exn)
			       #f) ;; any issues, just give up with the cached version and re-read
			     (configf:read-alist cache-file))
			   #f))
         (test-full-name (if (and item-path (not (string-null? item-path)))
                             (conc test-name "/" item-path)
                             test-name)))
    (if cached-dat
	cached-dat
	(let ((dat (hash-table-ref/default *testconfigs* test-full-name #f)))