Python Service

[dsavitsk]

i have a project that is a python service that interacts with other modules,
so it might be helpful.  it will be at http://ecpspooler.sourceforge.net one
of these days ... the start of the documentation is there now.  if you are
interested, i'll send you the code.

-d


"Q" <emailoffline at hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:QIfC8.129$lc.32 at nwrddc03.gnilink.net...
> I want to convert a Python Script to run as an NT Service. The script uses
> an infinite while loop to poll the incoming directory for files. It them
> moves them to the outbound directory and encrypts them using PGP.
>
> I followed
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q137890
>
> This utilitiy starts the service and it moves the files to the outbound
> directory. However it fails to encrypt or decrypt. I know the encrypt
string
> works because I have it logged to file which I used to test in DOS command
> shell. The script also works completely when executed manually.
>
> It seems that the SRVANY wrapper fails at the line where the Python script
> shells out to command line to run the PGP script.
>
> The shell out command is
>
>     "os.popen(strEncrypt)"
>
> strEncrypt is defined as a PGP string to encrypt.
>
> Can anyone provide ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>
>