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.TH NTSRV 10.1 Windows
.SH NAME
ntsrv \- start hosted Inferno as Windows service
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ntsrv
.B add
.IR "svcname rootdir cmd" " [" arg " ... ]"
.PP
.B ntsrv
.B del
.I svcname
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I 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
.BR ntsrv4 ,
which otherwise has identical interface.
.I Svcname
is the (proposed) Windows service name;
.I 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.
.I 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
.IR cmd (3))
are destroyed when the service is stopped.
There may be many different services, each with a distinct
.IR svcname .
.PP
.I Ntsrv 's
first parameter tells it what to do:
.TP
.B add
Add a new service
.I svcname
that when started will invoke
.IR emu (1)
to run the Inferno command
.I cmd
with any additional arguments.
.TP
.B del
Delete an existing service
.IR svcname .
.PP
.I Ntsrv
requires the directory
.IR rootdir /Nt/386/bin
to contain both
.B emu.exe
(ie,
.IR emu (1))
and
.B ntsrv.exe
itself.
.SH FILES
.TF c:/inferno/Nt/386/bin
.TP
.IB rootdir /Nt/386/bin
Windows host executables
.SH SOURCE
.B /utils/ntsrv
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR emu (1)