On 8/17/2010 3:31 PM, René Berber wrote:
Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
Rene, the instsrv.exe and srvany.exe programs were written by
Microsoft to allow non-service, command-line daemon programs to
be run as services. The sc.exe program replaced instsrv.exe
for newer Windows versions.
I know what they are, and what they do.
You are wrong saying they are for "daemon programs", at least that is
not precise enough.
Yes they are for command-line programs. Yes they are for daemon
programs that can run in the foreground; but not daemons in general.
If your going to get picky then you should not be using the
daemon terminology when referring to Windows programs. Bill Gates
has such a fear of Windows that he banned as much UNIX terminology
as he could. daemon was on the list of banned words. They call
them "services" because Bill liked "servicing" the customers. Bend
over, Bill wants to "service" you with Windows. ;-)
Ted
