Ntsrv
is a command (for Windows only) that allows hosted Inferno
to run automatically as a Windows service, under Windows 2000 and XP.
For Windows NT, use the command
ntsrv4,
which otherwise has identical interface.
Svcname
is the (proposed) Windows service name;
rootdir
is the root of the Inferno directory tree,
including the drive letter.
Once added, a service can be controlled using the Windows service manager:
it may be stopped, started, or have its attributes changed.
Svcname
is set to start automatically when Windows starts up.
Services run by default under the local Windows `System' identity.
All Windows processes and threads the service creates (eg, using
cmd(3))
are destroyed when the service is stopped.
There may be many different services, each with a distinct
svcname.
Ntsrv 's
first parameter tells it what to do:
- add
- Add a new service
svcname
that when started will invoke
emu(1)
to run the Inferno command
cmd
with any additional arguments.
- del
- Delete an existing service
svcname.
Ntsrv
requires the directory
rootdir/Nt/386/bin
to contain both
emu.exe
(ie,
emu(1))
and
ntsrv.exe
itself.