[python-win32] Re: How to determine whether program running asservice?

[Mark Hammond]

> >> I don't see one :(  I would be happy to add one  - eg,
> >> sys.serviceexecutable being set to the host executable when
> >> launched as a service.
>
> Is it possible to determine that a process is launched as service?  I
> don't think there is one, at least I didn't find one.

No direct way I found - but service_main() could set a flag - this code
knows for certain it is running as a service (or for debugging).

Thinking about it a bit more - since this code exists in servicemanager.pyd,
it makes the most sense for servicemanager.pyd itself to have these
attributes.

servicemanager.is_service = boolean
servicemanager.is_debugging = boolean

That shouldn't be too hard to setup.  'serviceexecutable' is a bit silly,
but it kinda made sense given the various other sys.dll/executable variables
used.  But keeping it out of sys makes far more sense.

Thoughts?

Mark