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@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ Since version 2.25, NSSM can execute commands in response to service events.
 
 Since version 2.25, NSSM can list services it manages.
 
+Since version 2.25, NSSM can dump the configuration of services it manages.
+
 
 Usage
 -----
@@ -729,6 +731,34 @@ separate command line arguments.  For example:
 
     nssm set <servicename> DependOnService RpcSs LanmanWorkstation
 
+Alternatively the dependency name can be prefixed with a + or - symbol to
+respectively add or remove a dependency.
+
+The following two lines set dependencies on RpcSs and LanmanWorkstation:
+
+    nssm set <servicename> DependOnService RpcSs
+    nssm set <servicename> DependOnService +LanmanWorkstation
+
+The follwing syntax removes the dependency on RpcSs:
+
+    nssm set <servicename> DependOnService -RpcSs
+
+Service groups should, strictly speaking, be prefixed with the + symbol.
+To specify a single dependency on a group, the + symbol can be prefixed
+with the : symbol.
+
+The following lines are equivalent, and each set a dependency ONLY on
+NetBIOSGroup:
+
+    nssm set <servicename> DependOnGroup NetBIOSGroup
+    nssm set <servicename> DependOnGroup :NetBIOSGroup
+    nssm set <servicename> DependOnGroup :+NetBIOSGroup
+
+Whereas these lines add to any existing dependencies:
+
+    nssm set <servicename> DependOnGroup +NetBIOSGroup
+    nssm set <servicename> DependOnGroup ++NetBIOSGroup
+
 
 The Name parameter can only be queried, not set.  It returns the service's
 registry key name.  This may be useful to know if you take advantage of
@@ -839,6 +869,20 @@ The following command will print the names of all services managed by NSSM:
     nssm list
 
 
+Exporting service configuration
+-------------------------------
+NSSM can dump commands which would recreate the configuration of a service.
+The output can be pasted into a batch script to back up the service or
+transfer to another computer.
+
+    nssm dump <servicename>
+
+Because the service configuration may contain characters which need to be
+quoted or escaped from the command prompt, NSSM tries hard to produce
+output which will work correctly when run as a script, by adding quotes
+and caret escapes as appropriate.
+
+
 Example usage
 -------------
 To install an Unreal Tournament server: