pilaurent/winservice

Run a Windows system service without hassle.

winservice

A very small Rust library to easily set up and run a Windows system service.

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Example Usage

Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
winservice = "0.1.1"

main.rs:

#![no_main]
#![feature(link_args)]
#![link_args = "-Wl,--subsystem,windows"]

use std::os::raw::{c_char, c_int, c_void};
use std::sync::mpsc::Receiver;

#[macro_use]
extern crate winservice;

#[allow(non_snake_case)]
#[no_mangle]
pub extern "system" fn WinMain(hInstance : *const c_void, hPrevInstance : *const c_void,
    lpCmdLine : *const c_char, nCmdShow : c_int) -> c_int
{
    Service!("myService", service_main)
}

fn service_main(args : Vec<String>, end : Receiver<()>) -> u32 {
    loop {
        // Do some work
        if let Ok(_) = end.try_recv() { break; } }
 0 }