Re: [Mingw-users] How to write a "proper" Win32 daemon using MinGW?

[Alessandro A. <ant...@gm...>]

2012/11/11 John Brown <joh...@ho...>

> On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 20:56:44 +0100, Robert Latest wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'd like to know if it is at all possible to write UNIX-like daemons
> > in a MinGW (non-MSYS) environment.
> <snip/>
> > Thanks,
> > robert
> >
>
> Hello Robert,
>
> Have you considered writing a Windows Service? See:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms685141(v=vs.85).aspx
>
> Regards,
> John Brown.
>
>
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Hi, Robert.

John is right. There is no such a thing as daemons on Windows. The only way
to
go is Windows Services. It's painful to implement but works. "fork()"
doesn't
work outside of Cygwin/Msys environment. The address

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms685141(v=vs.85).aspx

That John gave to you is a good start. There is another one

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/16488/A-Windows-Service-Application

Tha has some example that you can take as a starting point.

Regards,
Alessandro