baseName = "jstests_shellspawn"; t = db.getCollection( baseName ); t.drop(); if ( typeof( _startMongoProgram ) == "undefined" ){ print( "no fork support" ); } else { spawn = startMongoProgramNoConnect( "mongo", "--port", myPort(), "--eval", "sleep( 2000 ); db.getCollection( '" + baseName + "' ).save( {a:1} );" ); assert.soon( function() { return 1 == t.count(); } ); stopMongoProgramByPid( spawn ); spawn = startMongoProgramNoConnect( "mongo", "--port", myPort(), "--eval", "print( 'I am a shell' );" ); spawn = startMongoProgramNoConnect( "mongo", "--port", myPort() ); spawn = startMongoProgramNoConnect( "mongo", "--port", myPort() ); stopMongoProgramByPid( spawn ); // all these shells should be killed }