NTSRV(10.1) (Windows) NTSRV(10.1)
NAME
ntsrv - start hosted Inferno as Windows service
SYNOPSIS
ntsrv add svcname rootdir cmd [arg ... ]
ntsrv del svcname
DESCRIPTION
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 addi-
tional 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.
FILES
rootdir/Nt/386/bin Windows host executables
SOURCE
/utils/ntsrv
SEE ALSO
emu(1)
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