registry, services & command line arguments.. ?

I've made a little server app that has to run (as a daemon/service) on Linux, Irix, and Windows. Everything is done with the exeption of making it run as a service in Windows.

My question for the impatient is: Can I pass arguments to a program pointed to by a key in the registry; using the arguments in the same way that you would if you ran the program from a command line?

More detailed version of the question: In trying to keep the code more readable and the port to windows easier, I've kept the getopt function in my program by using the gnu getopt.c/h. In case you're not familiar, getopt parses arguments on the command line in such a way that you can send as many or as few arguments as you'd like to the program at execution. If I understand things correctly, to make a program run as a service in Windows, I simply need to link to the program from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\RunServices. If that is the case, is there a way I can send -l foo -c bar and so on to the program through that key in the registry?

If not, does anyone have any other clever methods for getting those arguments to the program (I suppose I could make system environment variables - I think those are active before login?)

bump... this problem has reared its ugly head again... any ideas?

Also, to extend the question justa tad more - is my method for making a program run as a service correct? Just link it in the registry? Does there need to be any sort forking or anything like there does in a Linux daemon?

thanks

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Originally posted by BrianK
bump... this problem has reared its ugly head again... any ideas?

Also, to extend the question justa tad more - is my method for making a program run as a service correct? Just link it in the registry? Does there need to be any sort forking or anything like there does in a Linux daemon?

thanks

<disclaimer>Without trying.......</disclaimer>

If you install yourm service using CreateService(), then you can specify arguments in the lpBinaryPathName param....

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Originally posted by Fordy
<disclaimer>Without trying.......</disclaimer>

If you install yourm service using CreateService(), then you can specify arguments in the lpBinaryPathName param....

... interesting. I knew nothing about this. It appears you create a second program that runs once to tell Windows about a program you want to run as a service? So this would be a program that you run as a part of an installer for the original program?

from MSDN:

Code:

VOID CreateSampleService() { LPCTSTR lpszBinaryPathName = "%SystemRoot%\\system\\testserv.exe"; schService = CreateService( schSCManager, // SCManager database "Sample_Srv", // name of service lpszDisplayName, // service name to display SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS, // desired access SERVICE_WIN32_OWN_PROCESS, // service type SERVICE_DEMAND_START, // start type SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL, // error control type lpszBinaryPathName, // service's binary NULL, // no load ordering group NULL, // no tag identifier NULL, // no dependencies NULL, // LocalSystem account NULL); // no password if (schService == NULL) MyErrorExit("CreateService"); else printf("CreateService SUCCESS.\n"); CloseServiceHandle(schService); }

... this is a function that would be in the service installer, correct? Anyone ever used it before? Want to give a hint or two as to what the rest of that service installer program would look like?