When starting the ftp server, wait a few seconds to make really sure that

    my $ftppid = startnew($cmd);

    if(!kill(0, $ftppid)) {

    if(!$ftppid || !kill(0, $ftppid)) {

        # it is NOT alive

        print "RUN: failed to start the FTP$id$nameext server!\n";

        stopservers($verbose);

        exit;

        return -1;

    }

    # Make sure there is a pidfile present before we proceed. Because if we

    # don't see one within a few secs, the server doesn't work. This mostly

    # happens when the server finds out it cannot use the ipv6 protocol.

    my $count=3;

    while(! -f $pidfile) {

        if(!$count--) {

            print "RUN: failed starting FTP$id$nameext server (no pidfile)!\n";

            return -1;

        }

        sleep(1);

    }

    if($verbose) {