#!/bin/bash

# Start a systemtap server
#
# Copyright (C) 2008 Red Hat Inc.
#
# This file is part of systemtap, and is free software.  You can
# redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
# Public License (GPL); either version 2, or (at your option) any
# later version.

# This script attempts to start a systemtap server and echoes the
# process id, if successful.

# start the server
stap-serverd </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1 &
server_pid=$!

# Make sure the server is started
for ((attempt=0; $attempt < 5; ++attempt))
do
  (ps -a | grep $server_pid) >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo $server_pid && exit 0
  sleep 1
done

exit 1 # server did not start