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					   exn
					   (begin
					     (set! success #f)
					     (debug:print 0 "WARNING: failure in with-input-from-request to " fullurl ".")
					     (debug:print 0 " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
					     (hash-table-delete! *runremote* run-id)
					     ;; Killing associated server to allow clean retry.")
					     (tasks:kill-server-run-id run-id)  ;; better to kill the server in the logic that called this routine?
					     ;; (tasks:kill-server-run-id run-id)  ;; better to kill the server in the logic that called this routine?
					     (mutex-unlock! *http-mutex*)
					     (signal (make-composite-condition
						      (make-property-condition 'commfail 'message "failed to connect to server")))
					     "communications failed")
					     ;;; (signal (make-composite-condition
					     ;;;          (make-property-condition 'commfail 'message "failed to connect to server")))
					     ;;; "communications failed"
					     (db:obj->string #f))
					   (with-input-from-request ;; was dat
					    fullurl 
					    (list (cons 'key "thekey")
						  (cons 'cmd cmd)
						  (cons 'params sparams))
					    read-string))
					  transport: 'http)))

    (thread-sleep! 1)
    (case test-state
      ((start)
       (print "Trying to start server")
       (server:kind-run run-id)
       (loop 'server-started))
      ((server-started)
       (case (vector-ref first-dat)
       (case (if first-dat (vector-ref first-dat 0) 'blah)
	 ((running)
	  (print "Server appears to be running. Now ask it to shutdown")
	  (rmt:kill-server run-id)
	  (loop 'server-shutdown))
	 ((shutting-down)
	  (loop test-state))
	 (else (print "Don't know what to do if get here"))))