e.sh

#! /bin/sh

SERVER_SCRIPT_FILE="/tmp/emacs-get-server.el"

cat <<EOF > $SERVER_SCRIPT_FILE
(require 'server)
(princ (expand-file-name
         server-name (if server-use-tcp
                         server-auth-dir
                       server-socket-dir)))
EOF

if [ -e `emacs --script $SERVER_SCRIPT_FILE` ]; then
    emacsclient $@
else
    # start emacs server using emacs --daemon or something similar
fi

From IRC:

Possible tiny issue. If I use an emacsclient to connect then do ctrl+x ctrl+c it would close the gui window the server would stay running? Which then means the next emacsclient will be without gui? A solution to this might just be to make sure that the server stops if I do ctrl+x ctrl+c but I wondered if you might know a better way with your 1337 emacs skills?