Megatest

		  (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)))
    (let loop ((server-url (server:check-if-running areapath))
	       (try-num    0))
      (if (or server-url
	      (> (current-seconds) give-up-time)) ;; server-url will be #f if no server available.
	  server-url
	  (let ((num-ok (length (server:get-best (server:get-list areapath)))))
	    (if (and (> try-num 0)  ;; first time through simply wait a little while then try again
	    (if (< num-ok 1) ;; if there are no decent candidates for servers then try starting a new one
		     (< num-ok 1))  ;; if there are no decent candidates for servers then try starting a new one
		(server:kind-run areapath))
	    (thread-sleep! 5)
	    (loop (server:check-if-running areapath)))))))
	    (loop (server:check-if-running areapath)
		  (+ try-num 1)))))))

(define server:try-running server:run) ;; there is no more per-run servers ;; REMOVE ME. BUG.

(define (server:get-num-servers #!key (numservers 2))
  (let ((ns (string->number
	     (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "numservers") "notanumber"))))
    (or ns numservers)))