Starting a serviceΒΆ

start_service()

Starting a service


SYNTAX

start_service(service_handle, arg_string)

Starts the specified service.

service_handle

A handle obtained by create_service() or open_service().

arg_string

A list of arguments to be passed to the service in standard command line format. Supply a null string if there are no arguments. An argument that contains embedded spaces must be quoted. Example:

"-v \"-m=Let us pray\""

The function returns 0 if successful, or a non-zero value if an error occurs. The Windows error code is stored in sys.Errno.


RELATED TOPICS

Servers

Windows service management functions