(Using AS Perl 5.8.6, WinXP Pro)

I'm installing a Perl app as a Win32 Service via Win32::Daemon. Got that all working fine (tho ithreads seem to be doing odd things).

However, when I open the Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Services tool and check on the Recovery properties, they all indicate "Take no action" when the service fails. I'd like to have the service simply restart (up to 3 times, then fail hard). I can't find any i/f to Win32::Daemon::CreateService() to specify that behavior.

Does anyone know of a hash parameter to specify that recovery behavior ?

Update:

After some research, I've discovered the short answer is, "No.".

According to this, setting the the autorecovery actions requires an API call that grep indicates doesn't exist in Win32::Daemon. So either I hack Win32::Daemon, or I just tell my users to open the Admin->Service tool and set things themselves. <sigh/>. Guess it'll be the latter, as I don't have time for the former.

In reply to Win32::Daemon::CreateService to set autorecovery ? by renodino

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