Merge pull request #1076 from Vashypooh/master

Added support for windows service

PlexPy.py

@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ def main():
         '--nolaunch', action='store_true', help='Prevent browser from launching on startup')
     parser.add_argument(
         '--pidfile', help='Create a pid file (only relevant when running as a daemon)')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--windowsservice', action='store_true', help='Running as a windows service.')
 		
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -116,6 +118,10 @@ def main():
             plexpy.DAEMON = True
             plexpy.QUIET = True
 
+    if args.windowsservice:
+		plexpy.WINDOWSSERVICE = True
+		logger.info("Running as windows service: %s", plexpy.WINDOWSSERVICE)
+	
     if args.pidfile:
         plexpy.PIDFILE = str(args.pidfile)
 

plexpy/__init__.py

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ VERBOSE = True
 DAEMON = False
 CREATEPID = False
 PIDFILE = None
+WINDOWSSERVICE = False
 
 SCHED = BackgroundScheduler()
 SCHED_LOCK = threading.Lock()
@@ -989,15 +990,17 @@ def shutdown(restart=False, update=False):
         args += ARGS
         if '--nolaunch' not in args:
             args += ['--nolaunch']
-        logger.info('Restarting PlexPy with %s', args)
 
         # os.execv fails with spaced names on Windows
         # https://bugs.python.org/issue19066
-        if os.name == 'nt':
+        if os.name == 'nt' and plexpy.WINDOWSSERVICE:
+            logger.info("Running as windows service, no need to fork.")
+        elif os.name == 'nt':
             subprocess.Popen(args, cwd=os.getcwd())
+            logger.info('Restarting PlexPy with %s', args)
         else:
             os.execv(exe, args)
-
+            logger.info('Restarting PlexPy with %s', args)
     os._exit(0)