Background services without systemd (runit, OpenRC, ...)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>

WindowsSupport.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     Linux                               Windows
     .desktop entry                      Start Menu shortcut (.lnk)
     systemd --user service              shortcut in the Startup folder, started and stopped
-                                        through Programs/ServiceRun.py (which records its PID)
+                                        through Programs/ServiceRun.py (Services.py)
     system python3                      the py launcher / python.exe, else winget installs it
     fc-list                             the Fonts registry key
 
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@ import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Callable, Optional
 
-from Core import DataHome, ServicesDir
+from Core import DataHome
 
 LogFn = Callable[[str], None]
 
 # Child processes of a windowed program would each flash a console window.
 NoWindow = getattr(subprocess, "CREATE_NO_WINDOW", 0)
-_Detached = getattr(subprocess, "DETACHED_PROCESS", 0) | getattr(subprocess, "CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP", 0)
 
 PythonVersion = "3.14"  # what winget installs when there's no Python yet
 _WingetId = f"Python.Python.{PythonVersion}"
@@ -115,58 +114,6 @@ def InstallPython(Log: LogFn) -> Optional[str]:
     return FindPython()
 
 
-# --- Background services (SaraSortd) ---------------------------------------------------
-
-
-def _PidFile(Name: str) -> Path:
-    return ServicesDir / f"{Name}.pid"
-
-
-def ServicePid(Name: str) -> Optional[int]:
-    """The PID ServiceRun.py recorded, if that process is still alive."""
-    try:
-        Pid = int(_PidFile(Name).read_text().strip())
-    except (OSError, ValueError):
-        return None
-    try:
-        Output = subprocess.run(
-            ["tasklist", "/FI", f"PID eq {Pid}", "/NH", "/FO", "CSV"],
-            capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=15, creationflags=NoWindow,
-        ).stdout
-    except (OSError, subprocess.SubprocessError):
-        return None
-    return Pid if re.search(rf'"{Pid}"', Output) else None
-
-
-def StartService(Name: str, PythonW: Path, Runner: Path, Script: Path, WorkingDir: Path, Log: LogFn) -> None:
-    """Start a background service now (it's also started at every login by
-    its Startup shortcut, which runs the same command)."""
-    if ServicePid(Name) is not None:
-        Log(f"{Name} is already running")
-        return
-    WorkingDir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    subprocess.Popen(
-        [str(PythonW), str(Runner), Name, str(Script)], cwd=str(WorkingDir),
-        creationflags=_Detached | NoWindow, close_fds=True,
-        stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
-    )
-    Log(f"Started {Name}")
-
-
-def StopService(Name: str, Log: LogFn) -> None:
-    Pid = ServicePid(Name)
-    if Pid is not None:
-        subprocess.run(["taskkill", "/PID", str(Pid), "/T", "/F"], capture_output=True, creationflags=NoWindow)
-        Log(f"Stopped {Name}")
-    _PidFile(Name).unlink(missing_ok=True)
-
-
-def RestartService(Name: str, PythonW: Path, Runner: Path, Script: Path, WorkingDir: Path, Log: LogFn) -> None:
-    if ServicePid(Name) is not None:
-        StopService(Name, Log)
-        StartService(Name, PythonW, Runner, Script, WorkingDir, Log)
-
-
 # --- Fonts -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------