>> Does anyone know of an alternative to Win32::Daemon for
>> making a program run as a service?

I have used the PerlSvc program in the ActiveState PDK to develop a Windows Service and found it very straight-forward.

>> Does anyone know of a "how to" guide to turn an
>> completed program into a service after the fact?

There is also a full chapter about developing a Windows service in David Roth's book (although this is definitely old):

Win32 Perl Scripting: The Administrator's Handbook

Finally, there is an example Windows service script from the Roth Consulting script repository:

http://www.roth.net/perl/scripts/scripts.asp?DirMon.pl

In reply to Re: Turn a perl script into a Win32 Service by tokpela
in thread Turn a perl script into a Win32 Service by Limbic~Region

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