Megatest

   (begin
     (print-error-message exn)
     (if (< portnum 9000)
	 (begin 
	   (print "WARNING: failed to start on portnum: " portnum ", trying next port")
	   (thread-sleep! 0.1)
	   ;; (open-run-close tasks:remove-server-records tasks:open-db)
	   (open-run-close tasks:server-delete tasks:open-db ipaddrstr portnum)
	   (http-transport:try-start-server ipaddrstr (+ portnum 1)))
	 (print "ERROR: Tried and tried but could not start the server")))
   ;; any error in following steps will result in a retry
   (set! *runremote* (list ipaddrstr portnum))
   ;; (open-run-close tasks:remove-server-records tasks:open-db)
   (open-run-close tasks:server-register 
		   tasks:open-db 
		   (current-process-id)
		   ipaddrstr portnum 0 'live 'http)
   (print "INFO: Trying to start server on " ipaddrstr ":" portnum)
   ;; This starts the spiffy server
   (start-server port: portnum)
   (open-run-close tasks:server-delete tasks:open-db ipaddrstr portnum)
   (print "INFO: server has been stopped")))

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;; S E R V E R   U T I L I T I E S 
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      (thread-sleep! 4) ;; no need to do this very often
      ;; NB// sync currently does NOT return queue-length
      (let () ;; (queue-len (cdb:client-call server-info 'sync #t 1)))
      ;; (print "Server running, count is " count)
        (if (< count 1) ;; 3x3 = 9 secs aprox
            (loop (+ count 1)))
        
	;; Check that iface and port have not changed (can happen if server port collides)
	(mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
	(set! sdat *runremote*)
	(mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*)

	(if (not (equal? sdat (list iface port)))
	    (begin 
	      (debug:print-info 1 "interface changed, refreshing iface and port info")
	      (set! iface (car sdat))
	      (set! port  (cadr sdat))
	      (set! spid  (tasks:server-get-server-id tdb #f iface port #f))))

        ;; NOTE: Get rid of this mechanism! It really is not needed...
        (tasks:server-update-heartbeat tdb spid)
      
        ;; (if ;; (or (> numrunning 0) ;; stay alive for two days after last access
        (mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
        (set! last-access *last-db-access*)
        (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*)

(define (http-transport:launch)
  (if (not *toppath*)
      (if (not (setup-for-run))
	  (begin
	    (debug:print 0 "ERROR: cannot find megatest.config, exiting")
	    (exit))))
  (debug:print-info 2 "Starting the standalone server")
  (if (args:get-arg "-daemonize")
      (daemon:ize))
  (let ((hostinfo (open-run-close tasks:get-best-server tasks:open-db)))
    (debug:print 11 "http-transport:launch hostinfo=" hostinfo)
    ;; #(1 "143.182.207.24" 5736 -1 "http" 22771 "hostname")
    (if hostinfo
	(debug:print-info 2 "NOT starting new server, one is already running on " (vector-ref hostinfo 1) ":" (vector-ref hostinfo 2))
	(if *toppath* 
	    (let* ((th2 (make-thread (lambda ()