 
TEST_CHANNEL="EIB:running"

if caget $TEST_CHANNEL &> /dev/null
  then
     echo "!!! channel $TEST_CHANNEL is already available on an ioc !!!"
     echo "=> Do not start softIOC"
  else
     export EPICS_HOST_ARCH=linux-x86_64

#     5.5.2026: this is now included in st.cmd     
#     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/ioc/EIB/lib64   

     echo "channel $TEST_CHANNEL is not yet available"
     echo "=> Ok to start softIOC"
     ./ioc/iocBoot/ioceib/st.cmd

  $$
     echo "exit in 1 s"
     sleep 1
     exit
fi

echo "!!! Do not start a new ioc"

#echo "press ENTER to close window"
#read
