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+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo manyservers.sh pid $$
+
+logdir=log-manysrv
+
+
+function reset {
+    rm -f .homehost .server .server.lock links/.db/monitor.db .starting-server
+    }
+
+function launch_many_servers {
+    # count  = $1
+    # logdir = $2
+    # prefx  = $3
+  perl -e 'foreach my $i (1 ... '$1'){print "'$2'/'$3'-srv-$i.log\n"}' | \
+     xargs -P $1 -n 1 megatest -server - -run-id 0 -daemonize -log
+}
+
+    
+function get_srv_pids {
+    ps auwx | grep "mtest -server" | grep $logdir | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' 
+}
+
+
+if [[ -e $logdir ]]; then rm -rf $logdir; fi
+if [[ ! -e $logdir ]]; then mkdir $logdir; fi
+
+reset
+
+simultaneous_servers=20
+server_collision_resolution_delay=15
+server_timeout_delay=65
+
+echo "Launching $simultaneous_servers simultaneous servers"
+launch_many_servers $simultaneous_servers $logdir "first"
+echo "Sleeping $server_collision_resolution_delay seconds to allow new servers to die because one is already running."
+sleep $server_collision_resolution_delay
+
+pids=`get_srv_pids`
+pids_left=`echo $pids | wc -w`
+echo "pids_left=$pids_left"
+echo "after $server_collision_resolution_delay seconds: servers remaining=$pids_left; expecting 1"
+if [[ $pids_left == 1 ]]; then
+    echo "All servers but 1 terminated. Still good."
+else
+    if [[ $pids_left == 0 ]]; then
+        echo "All servers died too soon.  Not good. Aborting."
+        echo "TEST FAIL"
+        exit 1
+    else
+        echo "Too many servers left.  Not good.  Aborting."
+        echo "TEST FAIL"
+        echo $pids | xargs kill
+        sleep 5
+        pids=`get_srv_pids`
+        pids_left=`echo $pids | wc -w`
+        if [[ ! ( $pids_left == 0 ) ]]; then
+            echo $pids | xargs kill -9
+        fi
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
+
+
+echo "launching another volley of $simultaneous_servers.  THey should all perish. right away, leaving the one server running."
+launch_many_servers $simultaneous_servers $logdir "second"
+sleep $server_collision_resolution_delay
+
+pids=`get_srv_pids`
+pids_left=`echo $pids | wc -w`
+echo "pids_left=$pids_left"
+echo "after $server_collision_resolution_delay seconds: servers remaining=$pids_left; expecting 1"
+if [[ $pids_left == 1 ]]; then
+    echo "All servers but 1 terminated. So far so good."
+else
+    if [[ $pids_left == 0 ]]; then
+        echo "All servers died too soon.  Not good. Aborting."
+        echo "TEST FAIL"
+        exit 1
+    else
+        echo "Too many servers left.  Not good.  Aborting."
+        echo "TEST FAIL"
+        echo $pids | xargs kill
+        sleep 5
+        pids=`get_srv_pids`
+        pids_left=`echo $pids | wc -w`
+        if [[ ! ( $pids_left == 0 ) ]]; then
+            echo $pids | xargs kill -9
+        fi
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
+
+
+echo "sleeping for awhile ($server_timeout_delay seconds) to let server exit on its own for no-request timeout"
+sleep $server_timeout_delay
+pids=`get_srv_pids`
+pids_left=`echo $pids | wc -w`
+echo "after $server_timeout_delay seconds: servers remaining=$pids_left; expecting 0"
+
+if [[ $pids_left == 0 ]]; then
+    echo "No servers remain. This is good."
+    echo "TEST PASS"
+    exit 0
+else
+    echo "Too many servers left.  Not good.  Aborting."
+    echo "TEST FAIL"
+    echo $pids | xargs kill
+    sleep 5
+    pids=`get_srv_pids`
+    pids_left=`echo $pids | wc -w`
+    if [[ ! ( $pids_left == 0 ) ]]; then
+        echo $pids | xargs kill -9
+    fi
+    exit 1
+fi