Win32::Daemon service doesn't reach RUNNING state

zejames has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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'

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Re: Win32::Daemon service doesn't reach RUNNING state by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 14, 2004 at 11:17 UTC
Services need to be installed, not just run. Take a (another) look at theWin32::Daemon page. In particular, the more complete example of a service at Example 2 and the installer script at Example 3. Alternatively, you may find Jenda's Win32::Daemon::Simple easier to use. Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "Think for yourself!" - Abigail "Memory, processor, disk in that order on the hardware side. Algorithm, algorithm, algorithm on the code side." - tachyon	[reply]
Re^2: Win32::Daemon service doesn't reach RUNNING state by zejames (Hermit) on Sep 14, 2004 at 11:29 UTC
Ok. As I said, I just wanted to create a simple daemon, with a few lines of code as possible. But it seems that few under Windows is quite much ;) Kind regards -- zejames	[reply]
Re^3: Win32::Daemon service doesn't reach RUNNING state by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 14, 2004 at 11:35 UTC
Explain what you mean by "a daemon"? If you just mean a background task, that's a lot easier than creating a service--which has the daemon-like properties of running detached but is an aweful lot more besides. Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "Think for yourself!" - Abigail "Memory, processor, disk in that order on the hardware side. Algorithm, algorithm, algorithm on the code side." - tachyon	[reply]
Re^4: Win32::Daemon service doesn't reach RUNNING state by zejames (Hermit) on Sep 14, 2004 at 11:42 UTC
Re^5: Win32::Daemon service doesn't reach RUNNING state by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 14, 2004 at 12:18 UTC
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Re: Win32::Daemon service doesn't reach RUNNING state by SwaJime (Scribe) on May 23, 2019 at 14:09 UTC
Hi, I have the same symptoms as above. I have a full-fledged service based on Win32::Daemon. It is working correctly on at least 5 computers. On the remaining computers, the section in the if statement shown below never executes. I have modeled after example 5 on https://metacpan.org/pod/Win32%3A%3ADaemon `sub Callback_Running { my($Event, $Context) = @_; print "State: " . Win32::Daemon::State() . "\n"; if(SERVICE_RUNNING == Win32::Daemon::State()) { Log 1, "DBSAgent is checking in.";;` [download] On the server I can troubleshoot on, State displayed as 1: SERVICE_STOPPED on the first call, then 0: SERVICE_NOT_READY on each call after that. It never displayed as 4: SERVICE_RUNNING like it was supposed to. The server I am troubleshooting on is Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard 64-bit v6.3.9600 Help is greatly appreciated! Thanks :-)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Win32::Daemon service doesn't reach RUNNING state by haukex (Archbishop) on May 23, 2019 at 18:57 UTC
Note that the thread you're replying to is 15 years old. I would recommend starting a new thread, and including a minimal but runnable SSCCE that reproduces the issue on your end.	[reply]