Allow editing service dependencies.

[nssm.git] / README.txt

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@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ an application which has exited.
 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
-type and log on details.\r
+type, log on details and dependencies.\r
 \r
 Since version 2.22, NSSM can manage existing services.\r
 \r
@@ -494,6 +494,14 @@ managed application.  Valid priorities are as follows:
   IDLE_PRIORITY_CLASS\r
 \r
 \r
+The DependOnGroup and DependOnService parameters are used to query or set\r
+the dependencies for the service.  When setting dependencies, each service\r
+or service group (preceded with the + symbol) should be specified in\r
+separate command line arguments.  For example:\r
+\r
+    nssm set <servicename> DependOnService RpcSs LanmanWorkstation\r
+\r
+\r
 The Name parameter can only be queried, not set.  It returns the service's\r
 registry key name.  This may be useful to know if you take advantage of\r
 the fact that you can substitute the service's display name anywhere where\r
@@ -520,8 +528,8 @@ The following well-known usernames do not need a password.  The password
 parameter can be omitted when using them:\r
 \r
   "LocalSystem" aka "System" aka "NT Authority\System"\r
-  "Local Service" aka "NT Authority\Local Service"\r
-  "Network Service" aka "NT Authority\Network Service"\r
+  "LocalService" aka "Local Service" aka "NT Authority\Local Service"\r
+  "NetworkService" aka "Network Service" aka "NT Authority\Network Service"\r
 \r
 \r
 The Start parameter is used to query or set the startup type of the service.\r
@@ -655,7 +663,7 @@ Thanks to Szymon Nowak for help with Windows 2000 compatibility.
 Thanks to François-Régis Tardy for French translation.\r
 Thanks to Emilio Frini for spotting that French was inadvertently set as\r
 the default language when the user's display language was not translated.\r
-Thanks to Riccardo Gusmeroli for Italian translation.\r
+Thanks to Riccardo Gusmeroli and Marco Certelli for Italian translation.\r
 Thanks to Eric Cheldelin for the inspiration to generate a Control-C event\r
 on shutdown.\r
 Thanks to Brian Baxter for suggesting how to escape quotes from the command\r