Hi fellow monks, I've got a little problem when trying to use Win32::Daemon module...

My goal : I want to create a "daemon" for a win32 system. The only way I found (not a windows expert though...) is to make my script a service, thanks to Win32::Daemon.

So I created the following test script (from the Win32::Daemon first example) :

use Win32::Daemon;

# Tell the OS to start processing the service...
Win32::Daemon::StartService();

print "Waiting...\n";
# Wait until the service manager is ready for us to continue...

print "SERVICE_NOT_READY " . SERVICE_NOT_READY . "\n";
print "SERVICE_STOPPED " . SERVICE_STOPPED . "\n";
print "SERVICE_RUNNING " . SERVICE_RUNNING . "\n";
print "SERVICE_PAUSED " . SERVICE_PAUSED . "\n";
print "SERVICE_START_PENDING " . SERVICE_START_PENDING . "\n";
print "SERVICE_STOP_PENDING " . SERVICE_STOP_PENDING . "\n";
print "SERVICE_CONTINUE_PENDING " . SERVICE_CONTINUE_PENDING . "\n";
print "SERVICE_PAUSE_PENDING " . SERVICE_PAUSE_PENDING . "\n";

while( SERVICE_START_PENDING != Win32::Daemon::State() )
{
    sleep( 1 );
    print Win32::Daemon::State() . "\n";
}
print "Running...\n";
# Now let the service manager know that we are running...
Win32::Daemon::State( SERVICE_RUNNING );

# Okay, go ahead and process stuff...
unlink( glob( "c:\\temp\\*.tmp" ) );

# Tell the OS that the service is terminating...
Win32::Daemon::StopService();

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and I have this :
Waiting...
SERVICE_NOT_READY 0
SERVICE_STOPPED 1
SERVICE_RUNNING 4
SERVICE_PAUSED 7
SERVICE_START_PENDING 2
SERVICE_STOP_PENDING 3
SERVICE_CONTINUE_PENDING 5
SERVICE_PAUSE_PENDING 6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
Terminating on signal SIGINT(2)

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So it never reaches the SERVICE_RUNNING state : it passes from SERVICE_NOT_READY to SERVICE_STOPPED...
Any idea on the problem ? I run Windows XP SP1, with ActivePerl 5.8.4.

Many thanks


--
zejames

20040915 Edit by castaway: Changed title from 'Problems with Win32::Daemon'

In reply to Win32::Daemon service doesn't reach RUNNING state by zejames

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