Command Line Options

The Ice services share a common set of command line options.

Windows Services

• --service NAME
  Run as a Windows service named NAME, which must already be installed.

Linux Daemons

• --daemon
  Run as a background daemon. The current working directory gets set to the root directory and closes all file descriptors.

• --pidfile FILE
  This option writes the process ID of the service into the specified FILE.

• --noclose
  Prevents the service from closing unnecessary file descriptors. This can be useful during debugging and diagnosis because it provides access to the output from the daemon's standard output and standard error.

• --nochdir
  Prevents the service from changing the current working directory.