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Launching a cygwin utility from within a Windows Service

Ok, I'm trying to write a basic scp scheduler, which will occasionally
scan a directory, and use cygwin's scp.exe to copy the files to a Unix
box. After various problems, the set up I've got now is this:

A Console application, which accepts the file as a parameter, and
launches the scp utility via the Process.Start() command. If I call
this Console from a command line, or from a dos-prompt, the file
transfers correctly, without need of input from me, as the id_dsa keys
are set up correctly.

If I call the same console application from a Windows Service, even
though the parameters get passed through correctly, the process never
gets past the Process.WaitFor Exit() statement. It does launch the scp
utility, however, as it shows up in Task Managers process list. The
Windows Service is set up to run under my domain account, the same I
use to log in every day.

Does the Windows Service not have the same environment variables I have
set up? Why should it not run correctly when called from a Windows
service, if it runs when called from the command line?

Jul 21 '05 #1
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