On 7/18/08, Levi Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I'm trying to write a program for a friend of mine who uses > windows but I use GNU/Linux. I know you can use mingw and link to the > python dll, but is there a way to create a win32 service under Linux? > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > Hi Levi
(First off, I apologise if I sound a bit incoherent, but I've got flu and I'm on medication :( ) After having just completed a project where had to write a windows service I can offer you some insight. Writing of a service on windows, as opposed to a daemon on linux/unix in python - you will need to use the pywin32 module (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/) The libraries in the pywin32 package you will need to use are most likely going to be the followowing: 1) win32service 2) win32serviceutil 3) win32api 4) win32con and 5) servicemanager The fact that the pywin32 package is just an interface to the win32api means (as far as I understand) that [sadly] you will need to develop this in windows. Some stuff you might want to check out: 1) http://agiletesting.blogspot.com/2005/09/running-python-script-as-windows.html (I don't recommend this one - a bit dated) 2) http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/3775b8265f1b220f (this is the template for the win32 service i finally used.) Also as an interesting alternative, something I recently came across - you can create a windows service, using the web2py web framework (http://mdp.cti.depaul.edu/AlterEgo/default/show/77). This could save you some time, as all the libraries/modules are already set up for you in the source download (http://mdp.cti.depaul.edu/examples/default/download) Hope this helps. Regards Nicolaas -- Peesowt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
