'''
Author: Alex Baker
Date: 7th July 2008
Description : Simple python program to generate wrap as a service based on example on the web, see link below.
http://essiene.blogspot.com/2005/04/python-windows-services.html
Usage : python aservice.py install
Usage : python aservice.py start
Usage : python aservice.py stop
Usage : python aservice.py remove
C:\>python aservice.py --username <username> --password <PASSWORD> --startup auto install
'''
import win32service
import win32serviceutil
import win32api
import win32con
import win32event
import win32evtlogutil
import os
class aservice(win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework):
_svc_name_ = "aservice"
_svc_display_name_ = "a service - it does nothing"
_svc_description_ = "Tests Python service framework by receiving and echoing messages over a named pipe"
def __init__(self, args):
win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework.__init__(self, args)
self.hWaitStop = win32event.CreateEvent(None, 0, 0, None)
def SvcStop(self):
self.ReportServiceStatus(win32service.SERVICE_STOP_PENDING)
win32event.SetEvent(self.hWaitStop)
def SvcDoRun(self):
import servicemanager
servicemanager.LogMsg(servicemanager.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE,servicemanager.PYS_SERVICE_STARTED,(self._svc_name_, ''))
self.timeout = 3000
while 1:
# Wait for service stop signal, if I timeout, loop again
rc = win32event.WaitForSingleObject(self.hWaitStop, self.timeout)
# Check to see if self.hWaitStop happened
if rc == win32event.WAIT_OBJECT_0:
# Stop signal encountered
servicemanager.LogInfoMsg("aservice - STOPPED")
break
else:
servicemanager.LogInfoMsg("aservice - is alive and well")
def ctrlHandler(ctrlType):
return True
if __name__ == '__main__':
win32api.SetConsoleCtrlHandler(ctrlHandler, True)
win32serviceutil.HandleCommandLine(aservice)
