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                                      (system (conc "sleep 1;mv -f " full-serv-fname " " new-serv-fname))
                                      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: cannot move " full-serv-fname " to " new-serv-fname))
                                  (exit)))))
    (if (and (not start-time-old) ;; last server start try was less than five seconds ago
	     (not server-starting))
	(begin
	  (cleanup-proc "NOT starting server, there is either a recently started server or a server in process of starting")
	  (exit)))
    ;; lets not even bother to start if there are already three or more server files ready to go
    (let* ((num-alive   (server:get-num-alive (server:get-list *toppath*))))
      (if (> num-alive 3)
          (cleanup-proc (conc "ERROR: Aborting server start because there are already " num-alive " possible servers either running or starting up"))
          (exit)))
    (let* ((th2 (make-thread (lambda ()
                               (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Server run thread started")
                               (http-transport:run 
                                (if (args:get-arg "-server")
                                    (args:get-arg "-server")
                                    "-")
                                )) "Server run"))
           (th3 (make-thread (lambda ()
                               (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Server monitor thread started")
                               (http-transport:keep-running)
                               "Keep running"))))
      (thread-start! th2)
      (thread-sleep! 0.25) ;; give the server time to settle before starting the keep-running monitor.
      (thread-start! th3)
      (set! *didsomething* #t)
      (thread-join! th2)
      (exit))))

;; (define (http-transport:server-signal-handler signum)
;;   (signal-mask! signum)
;;   (handle-exceptions
;;    exn
;;    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " ... exiting ...")
;;    (let ((th1 (make-thread (lambda ()

	 (cmdln (conc (common:get-megatest-exe)
		      " -server " (or target-host "-") (if (equal? (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "daemonize") "yes")
							   " -daemonize "
							   "")
		      ;; " -log " logfile
		      " -m testsuite:" testsuite)) ;; (conc " >> " logfile " 2>&1 &")))))
	 (log-rotate  (make-thread common:rotate-logs  "server run, rotate logs thread"))
         (load-limit  (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "jobtools" "maxhomehostload" default: 3.0)))
    ;; we want the remote server to start in *toppath* so push there
    (push-directory areapath)
    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Trying to start server (" cmdln ") ...")
    (thread-start! log-rotate)
    
    ;; host.domain.tld match host?
    (if (and target-host 

                       (common:low-noise-print 30 "sync-period"))
                  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Increased sync period due to load: " sync-period))
	      ;; (if recently-synced (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Skipping sync due to recently-synced flag=" recently-synced))
	      ;; (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "need-sync: " need-sync " sync-in-progress: " sync-in-progress " should-sync: " should-sync " will-sync: " will-sync)
	      (if will-sync (set! *db-sync-in-progress* #t))
	      (mutex-unlock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)
	      (if will-sync
                  (let (;; (max-sync-duration  (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "server" "max-sync-duration")) ;; KEEPING THIS AVAILABLE BUT SHOULD NOT USE, I'M PRETTY SURE IT DOES NOT WORK!
                        (sync-start         (current-milliseconds)))
		    (with-output-to-file start-file (lambda ()(print (current-process-id))))
		    
		    ;; put lock here
		    
                    ;; (if (or (not max-sync-duration)
                    ;;        (< sync-duration max-sync-duration)) ;; NOTE: db:sync-to-megatest.db keeps track of time of last sync and syncs incrementally
                        (let ((res        (db:sync-to-megatest.db dbstruct no-sync-db: no-sync-db))) ;; did we sync any data? If so need to set the db touched flag to keep the server alive
                          (set! sync-duration (- (current-milliseconds) sync-start))
                          (if (> res 0) ;; some records were transferred, keep the db alive
                              (begin
                                (mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
                                (set! *db-last-access* (current-seconds))
                                (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
                                (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "sync called, " res " records transferred."))
                              (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "sync called but zero records transferred")))))
;;                         ;; TODO: factor this next routine out into a function
;;                         (with-input-from-pipe ;; this should not block other threads but need to verify this
;;                          (conc "megatest -sync-to-megatest.db -m testsuite:" (common:get-area-name) ":" *toppath*)
;;                          (lambda ()
;;                            (let loop ((inl (read-line))
;;                                       (res #f))
;;                              (if (eof-object? inl)
;;                                  (begin
;;                                    (set! sync-duration (- (current-milliseconds) sync-start))
;;                                    (cond
;;                                     ((not res)
;;                                      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: sync from /tmp db to megatest.db appears to have failed. Recommended that you stop your runs and run \"megatest -cleanup-db\""))
;;                                     ((> res 0)
;;                                      (mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
;;                                      (set! *db-last-access* (current-seconds))
;;                                      (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*))))
;;                                  (let ((num-synced (let ((matches (string-match "^Synced (\\d+).*$" inl)))
;;                                                      (if matches
;;                                                          (string->number (cadr matches))
;;                                                          #f))))
;;                                    (loop (read-line)
;;                                          (or num-synced res))))))))))
	      (if will-sync
		  (begin
		    (mutex-lock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)
		    (set! *db-sync-in-progress* #f)
		    (set! *db-last-sync* start-time)
		    (with-output-to-file end-file (lambda ()(print (current-process-id))))