User's Manual UPS control system

Command Line Options Specific to the Windows Version
These options are not normally seen or used by the user, and are documented
here only for information purposes. At the current time, to change the
default options, you must either manually run apcupsd or you must manually
edit the system registry and modify the appropriate entries.
In order to avoid option clashes between the options necessary for apcupsd
to run on Windows and the standard apcupsd options, all Windows specific
options are signaled with a forward slash character (/), while as usual, the
standard apcupsd options are signaled with a minus (-), or a minus minus
(—). All the standard apcupsd options can be used on the Windows version.
In addition, the following Windows only options are implemented:
/servicehelper Run the service helper application
/service Start apcupsdas a service
/run Run the apcupsd application
/install Install apcupsd as a service in the system registry
/remove Uninstall apcupsd from the system registry
/about Show the apcupsd about dialogue box
/status Show the apcupsd status dialogue box
/events Show the apcupsd events dialogue box
/kill Stop any running apcupsd
/help Show the apcupsd help dialogue box
It is important to note that under normal circumstances the user should
never need to use these options as they are normally handled by the sys-
tem automatically once apcupsd is installed. However, you may note these
options in some of the .pif files that have been created for your use.
Building the Win32 Version from the Source
If you have the source code, follow the standard procedures for building
apcupsd on Unix in Building and Installing apcupsd of this manual. Please
don’t forget to look at the system specifics for CYGWIN.
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