Megatest

		 (thread-sleep! ( + 1 idletime))
		 (server:wait-for-server-start-last-flag areapath)))))))

;; oldest server alive determines host then choose random of youngest
;; five servers on that host
;;
(define (server:get-servers-info areapath)
  (assert *toppath* "FATAL: server:get-servers-info called before *toppath* has been set.")
  ;; (assert *toppath* "FATAL: server:get-servers-info called before *toppath* has been set.")
  (let* ((servinfodir (server:get-servinfo-dir areapath))) ;; (conc *toppath*"/.servinfo")))
    (if (not (file-exists? servinfodir))
	(create-directory servinfodir))
    (let* ((allfiles    (glob (conc servinfodir"/*")))
	   (res         (make-hash-table)))
      (for-each
       (lambda (f)

(define (server:start-and-wait areapath #!key (timeout 60))
  (let ((give-up-time (+ (current-seconds) timeout)))
    (let loop ((server-info (server:check-if-running areapath))
	       (try-num    0))
      (if (or server-info
	      (> (current-seconds) give-up-time)) ;; server-url will be #f if no server available.
	  (server:record->url server-info)
	  (let* ( (servers (server:choose-server areapath 'all-valid))
	  (let ((num-ok (length (server:choose-server areapath 'all-valid))))
                (num-ok (if servers (length (server:choose-server areapath 'all-valid)) 0)))
	    (if (and (> try-num 0)  ;; first time through simply wait a little while then try again
		     (< num-ok 1))  ;; if there are no decent candidates for servers then try starting a new one
		(server:run areapath))
	    (thread-sleep! 5)
	    (loop (server:check-if-running areapath)
		  (+ try-num 1)))))))