If you want to run Pharo as a service, I have found nssm to be working well.
https://nssm.cc Phil On Dec 29, 2017 09:25, "Nicolai Hess" <nicolaih...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 2017-12-29 3:07 GMT+01:00 Andrei Stebakov <lisper...@gmail.com>: > >> Pierce, I tried all of those "no display" options, the result is the same >> >> On Dec 28, 2017 8:37 PM, "Pierce Ng" <pie...@samadhiweb.com> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 04:58:39PM +0100, Cyril Ferlicot D. wrote: >>> > On 12/27/2017 04:39 PM, Andrei Stebakov wrote: >>> > > When I run Pharo 6.1 with -- headless option on Windows, it executes >>> the >>> > > eval command as expected but during the execution (which lasts 4 >>> sec) it >>> > > opens the Pharo GUI. >>> > > Is it expected? I thought headless means that the whole execution >>> would >>> > > happen in the background >>> > >>> > I think that currently Pharo does not have a "real" headless. But I >>> > heard there was work on that part for Pharo 7. >>> >>> I know OP is talking about Windows... I've been running server >>> applications on >>> Linux without X11 with -vm-display-null and in-image RFBServer for >>> access to >>> Pharo over VNC. This works very well for me. >>> >>> I believe "real" headless means GUI is not run at all and therefore does >>> not >>> consume CPU cycles, which is very welcome. Meanwhile, maybe >>> -vm-display-null >>> works on Windows for scripting purposes? >>> >>> Pierce >>> >>> >>> > > Hi Andrei, > > can you try this: > > Open Pharo normal (no headless option). > Change the window size to "not-maximized" (eve if it is actually not > maximized, maximize it ones and change it back to "not-maximized") > Save and quit the image. > > After that, a call like > > pharo --headless pharo.image eval "DateAndTime now" > > will write the output to the stdout file, without opening a window. > > > > > > > >
