+if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+ id="$1"; shift
+else
+ id="1"
+fi
+
+echo_n " starting server ${id} ..."
+
+# remove old logfiles, if this is the first server (ID 1)
+[ "$id" = "1" ] && rm -rf logs *.log
+
+# check weather getpid.sh returns valid PIDs. If not, don't start up the
+# test-server, because we won't be able to kill it at the end of the test.
+./getpid.sh sh > /dev/null 2>&1
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+ echo " getpid.sh failed!"
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+# check if there is a test-server already running
+./getpid.sh T-ngircd${id} >/dev/null 2>&1
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+ echo " failure: test-server ${id} already running!"
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+# generate MOTD for test-server
+echo "This is an ngIRCd Test Server" > ngircd-test${id}.motd
+
+# starting up test-server ...
+./T-ngircd${id} -n -f ${srcdir}/ngircd-test${id}.conf $* \
+ >ngircd-test${id}.log 2>&1 &