From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ciao.gmane.io (ciao.gmane.io [116.202.254.214]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E3F5938930EA for ; Thu, 31 Dec 2020 15:20:21 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org E3F5938930EA Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kuzkQ-000AHF-QT for cygwin@cygwin.com; Thu, 31 Dec 2020 16:20:18 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Oleksandr Gavenko Subject: Re: Setting env var CYGWIN for Cygwin service? Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2020 17:20:03 +0200 Organization: Oleksandr Gavenko , http://defun.work/ Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (cygwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:LuI4c0TaQDppSwaaSQ+NVX923h4= X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN, FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_OTHER_BAD_TLD, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, PDS_OTHER_BAD_TLD, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2020 15:20:24 -0000 On 2020-12-31, Franz Fehringer via Cygwin wrote: > Cygwin inherits Windows environment variables, this should be the simplest take. Normally does, no doubt. So I made `srv.c`: #include int main() { sleep(60); } compiled: gcc -o srv.exe srv.c registered: cygrunsrv -I mysrv -t manual -p $PWD/srv.exe -c $PWD -e MY=hello -d "My Srv" -f "Testing Cyg Service" $ cygrunsrv -L exim mysrv launched: cygrunsrv --start mysrv Finally checked with Process Explorer: * corresponding `cygrunsrv` had many env vars * my `srv.exe` had only: > PATH > SYSTEMDRIVE > SYSTEMROOT > WINDIR Same was for exim as I wrote earlier. `cygrunsrv` has everything, `exim` only 4 env vars. uname -r 3.1.7(0.340/5/3) -- http://defun.work/