daemon-windows: Ability to handle windows service calls.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / lib / service.man

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+The following options are valid only on Windows platform.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-service\fR
+Causes \fB\*(PN\fR to run as a service in the background. The service
+should already have been created through external tools like \fBSC.exe\fR.
+.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-service\-monitor\fR
+Causes the \fB\*(PN\fR service to be automatically restarted by the Windows
+services manager if the service dies or exits for unexpected reasons.
+.IP
+When \fB\-\-service\fR is not specified, this option has no effect.