Let the dump command copy a service.

[nssm.git] / README.txt

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 Since version 2.25, NSSM can list services it manages.\r
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 Since version 2.25, NSSM can list services it manages.\r
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+Since version 2.25, NSSM can dump the configuration of services it manages.\r
+\r

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 Usage\r
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 Usage\r
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@@ -867,6 +869,28 @@ The following command will print the names of all services managed by NSSM:
     nssm list\r
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     nssm list\r
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+Exporting service configuration\r
+-------------------------------\r
+NSSM can dump commands which would recreate the configuration of a service.\r
+The output can be pasted into a batch script to back up the service or\r
+transfer to another computer.\r
+\r
+    nssm dump <servicename>\r
+\r
+Because the service configuration may contain characters which need to be\r
+quoted or escaped from the command prompt, NSSM tries hard to produce\r
+output which will work correctly when run as a script, by adding quotes\r
+and caret escapes as appropriate.\r
+\r
+To facilitate copying a service, the dump command accepts a second\r
+argument which specifies the name of the service to be used in the output.\r
+\r
+    nssm dump <servicename> <newname>\r
+\r
+Lines in the dump will reference the <newname> service while showing the\r
+configuration of <servicename>.\r
+\r
+\r

 Example usage\r
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 To install an Unreal Tournament server:\r
 Example usage\r
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 To install an Unreal Tournament server:\r