On Jul 17, 9:34 am, Tim Golden <m...@timgolden.me.uk> wrote: > Oisin Mulvihill wrote: > > Hi There, > > > I gave a lightning talk about my ServiceStation project at Europython > > 2009. While it > > isn't written in Python (C++/Windows), I did write it with python in > > mind. Its > > released under the CDDL license. > > > I'm hoping it will be of use to other Python users who will need to run > > their services > > on windows, but don't want to learn much/anything about windows service > > programming. > > If your interested in this check out the projects trac page for docs and > > download > > http://www.foldingsoftware.com/servicestation > > It's not clear at a glance how this differs from, say, the > venerable SRVANY.EXE and a slew of other "Run-things-as-a-service" > programs. Absolutely not wishing to be disparaging, but what > is servicestation offering to distinguish itself? > > TJG
Hi There, I have to admit I didn't come across srvany before. I may not have used the right google fu the day I decided to do this ;) So maybe it does all the following, however servicestation distingusihes itself by: * Properly tracking all child processes launched by the command it runs and closes them on stop/restart. * Monitoring the command its running and keeping it alive. * Allows you to set the description / name from the config file. * It logs useful information to the event viewer so you can see why it couldn't run the command under its care. * Can interact with the desktop or not so you can run programs with a gui but not actually see it. * Does not disconnect the service if you log-out as some runners do. Thats all I can think of. I should probably add this to this wiki too, Thanks for prompting me on this. Oisin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
