X-Git-Url: http://git.iain.cx/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.txt;h=59b71428a4b411cd05bbcdd57292494af68a1246;hb=f76171a9d3b313a233d84728d212f8237e5fd010;hp=2d38eaf7152f98c7e242914f0bdb148c21d7a2cb;hpb=f1abcb8f0ad1fb08fe07a496f5d037d0c1d3b478;p=nssm.git diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 2d38eaf..59b7142 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ NSSM: The Non-Sucking Service Manager -Version 2.2, 2010-04-04 +Version 2.3, 2010-04-21 NSSM is a service helper program similar to srvany and cygrunsrv. It can start any application as an NT service and will restart the service if it @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Thanks Benjamin Mayrargue. Since version 2.2, NSSM can be configured to take different actions based on the exit code of the managed application. +Since version 2.3, NSSM logs to the Windows event log more elegantly. + Usage ----- @@ -111,6 +113,18 @@ To remove a service without confirmation from the GUI, run Try not to remove essential system services... +Logging +------- +NSSM logs to the Windows event log. It registers itself as an event log source +and uses unique event IDs for each type of message it logs. New versions may +add event types but existing event IDs will never be changed. + +Because of the way NSSM registers itself you should be aware that you may not +be able to replace the NSSM binary if you have the event viewer open and that +running multiple instances of NSSM from different locations may be confusing if +they are not all the same version. + + Example usage ------------- To install an Unreal Tournament server: @@ -131,6 +145,7 @@ Studio 2008. Credits ------- Thanks to Benjamin Mayrargue (www.softlion.com) for adding 64-bit support. +Thanks to Joel Reingold for spotting a command line truncation bug. Licence -------