Method: RunInBackground.start_win32service

Defined in:
lib/run_in_background.rb

.start_win32service(binary_path, binary_args, name, opts_specific = {}) ⇒ Object

Run in background script that was written as Windows Service, i.e. can receive signals from Service Control.
The code that is run in this script should be an extension of Win32::Daemon class.
For more information see Win32::Daemon help and examples.
No need to wrap such a script.



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# File 'lib/run_in_background.rb', line 230

def RunInBackground.start_win32service binary_path, binary_args, name, opts_specific = {}
  Log.debug1("executable that should be run as service: #{binary_path}")
  Log.debug1("arguments: #{binary_args}")
  Log.debug1("specific options: #{opts_specific}")

  if OS == :WINDOWS
    start_windows binary_path, binary_args, name, opts_specific
  else  # OS == :LINUX
    raise NotImplementedError.new("Unsupported method on #{OS}")
  end
  0.upto(TIMEOUT) do
    if exists?(name) && running?(name)
      puts "windows service #{name} started\n"
      Log.debug1("windows service #{name} started")
      return
    end
    sleep 1
  end
  # if got here then something gone wrong and daemon/service wasn't started in timely manner
  delete name if exists? name
  Log.error("daemon/service #{name} wasn't started in timely manner")
Log.flush
  raise "daemon/service #{name} wasn't started in timely manner"
end