Added mandatory restart delay.

[nssm.git] / README.txt

diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 685807a..830ca67 100644 (file)
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ AppEnvironment.
 Since version 2.22, NSSM can set the managed application's process priority\r
 and CPU affinity.\r
 \r
 Since version 2.22, NSSM can set the managed application's process priority\r
 and CPU affinity.\r
 \r

+Since version 2.22, NSSM can apply an unconditional delay before restarting\r
+an application which has exited.\r
+\r

 Since version 2.22, NSSM can rotate existing output files when redirecting I/O.\r
 \r
 Since version 2.22, NSSM can set service display name, description, startup\r
 Since version 2.22, NSSM can rotate existing output files when redirecting I/O.\r
 \r
 Since version 2.22, NSSM can set service display name, description, startup\r


@@ -129,6 +132,17 @@ You can change the threshold for the service by setting the number of
 milliseconds as a REG_DWORD value in the registry at\r
 HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<service>\Parameters\AppThrottle.\r
 \r
 milliseconds as a REG_DWORD value in the registry at\r
 HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<service>\Parameters\AppThrottle.\r
 \r

+Alternatively, NSSM can pause for a configurable amount of time before\r
+attempting to restart the application even if it successfully ran for the\r
+amount of time specified by AppThrottle.  NSSM will consult the REG_DWORD value\r
+at HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<service>\Parameters\AppRestartDelay\r
+for the number of milliseconds to wait before attempting a restart.  If\r
+AppRestartDelay is set and the application is determined to be subject to\r
+throttling, NSSM will pause the service for whichever is longer of the\r
+configured restart delay and the calculated throttle period.\r
+\r
+If AppRestartDelay is missing or invalid, only throttling will be applied.\r
+\r

 NSSM will look in the registry under\r
 HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<service>\Parameters\AppExit for\r
 string (REG_EXPAND_SZ) values corresponding to the exit code of the application.\r
 NSSM will look in the registry under\r
 HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<service>\Parameters\AppExit for\r
 string (REG_EXPAND_SZ) values corresponding to the exit code of the application.\r


@@ -588,6 +602,7 @@ Thanks to Doug Watson for suggesting file rotation.
 Thanks to Арслан Сайдуганов for suggesting setting process priority.\r
 Thanks to Robert Middleton for suggestion and draft implementation of process\r
 affinity support.\r
 Thanks to Арслан Сайдуганов for suggesting setting process priority.\r
 Thanks to Robert Middleton for suggestion and draft implementation of process\r
 affinity support.\r

+Thanks to Andrew RedzMax for suggesting an unconditional restart delay.\r

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