Thanks, the mono-service tool is working well so far On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 5:01 PM, Oskar Berggren <oskar.bergg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You can use the mono-service tool to start the application through the > ServiceBase class, as in Windows. > > But ServiceBase or not, typically you would enter some sort of mainloop. > Most services will _wait_ for something to happen and not wake up until it > does. High-frequency timer-based polling should only be used as a last > resort - i.e. if there is no practically useful construct that you can wait > on. You can do timer-based if you have long sleep times (such as every hour > or less), or if the service's purpose is time-based data collection. > > /Oskar > > > > > 2015-06-11 21:49 GMT+01:00 Paul McEwan <paul.mce...@atlium.com>: > >> I have a Windows Service that I converted to Mono. What's the >> recommended way to keep it running in the background like a Windows Service >> -- i.e. you start it and it keeps running until you stop it? >> >> Should you just put a loop in the main thread that sleeps and wakes up >> every second and performs work? >> >> Or is there a better way? >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> This message contains confidential information and is intended only for >> the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not >> disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender >> immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and >> delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be >> guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, >> corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. >> The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions >> in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail >> transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy >> version. Atlium Global Services, 3438 East Lake Rd, Ste 14, PMB #664, Palm >> Harbor, FL 34685 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mono-devel-list mailing list >> Mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com >> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list >> >> > -- ------------------------------ This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. Atlium Global Services, 3438 East Lake Rd, Ste 14, PMB #664, Palm Harbor, FL 34685
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