#!/bin/bash SRV=/full/path/to/server SRV_ARG="-nodb -co /full/path/to/server.conf" CLT=/full/path/to/client CLT_ARG="-user=admin -p=23000" $SRV $SRV_ARG $@ & sleep 3 if ! $CLT $CLT_ARG ; then sleep 3 if ! $CLT $CLT_ARG ; then sleep 6 if ! $CLT $CLT_ARG ; then echo Server must be broken! exit 1 fi fi fi