Megatest

				(else 600))
			      (random 5)))   ;; add a small random number just in case a lot of jobs hit the work hosts simultaneously
	     (lock-file    (conc areapath "/logs/server-start.lock")))
	(if	(> (- (current-seconds) when-run) run-delay)
		(begin
		  (common:simple-file-lock-and-wait lock-file expire-time: 15)
		  (server:run areapath)
		  (thread-sleep! 5) ;; don't release the lock for at least a few seconds
		  (common:simple-file-release-lock lock-file)))
	(hash-table-set! *server-kind-run* areapath (list (+ call-num 1)(current-seconds))))))

(define (server:start-and-wait areapath #!key (timeout 60))
  (let ((give-up-time (+ (current-seconds) timeout)))
    (let loop ((server-url (server:check-if-running areapath))
	       (try-num    0))

              (BB> "End do-a-sync with fork-to-background="fork-to-background" persist-until-sync="persist-until-sync" and result="finalres)
              finalres)
            ) ;; end lambda
          ))
    do-a-sync))

(define (server:writable-watchdog dbstruct)
  (thread-sleep! 10) ;; delay for startup
  (let* ((do-a-sync  (server:get-bruteforce-syncer dbstruct))
         (final-sync (server:get-bruteforce-syncer dbstruct fork-to-background: #t persist-until-sync: #t)))
    (when (and (not (args:get-arg "-sync-to-megatest.db")) ;; conditions under which we do not run the sync
	       (args:get-arg "-server"))
      
      (let loop ()
	(do-a-sync)