--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+# ngIRCd Test Suite
+# $Id: start-server.sh,v 1.1 2002/09/09 10:16:24 alex Exp $
+
+echo " starting server ..."
+
+echo "This is an ngIRCd Test Server" > ngircd-test.motd
+
+../ngircd/ngircd -np -f ngircd-test.conf > ngircd-test.log 2>&1 &
+sleep 1
+
+pid=`ps a | grep ngircd-test | head -n 1 | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
+kill -0 $pid > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+# -eof-