+#ifdef _WIN32
+ /* This will be FALSE unless the command line specified --service
+ */
+ if (bRunAsService)
+ {
+ /* Yup, so now we must attempt to establish a connection
+ * with the service dispatcher. This will only work if this
+ * process was launched by the service control manager to
+ * actually run as a service. If this isn't the case, i've
+ * known it take around 30 seconds or so for the call to return.
+ */
+
+ /* The StartServiceCtrlDispatcher won't return until the service is stopping */
+ if (w32_start_service_ctrl_dispatcher(w32ServiceDispatchTable))
+ {
+ /* Service has run, and at this point is now being stopped, so just return */
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+#ifdef _WIN_CONSOLE
+ printf("Warning: Failed to connect to Service Control Dispatcher\nwhen starting as a service!\n");
+#endif
+ /* An error occurred. Usually it's because --service was wrongly specified
+ * and we were unable to connect to the Service Control Dispatcher because
+ * it wasn't expecting us and is therefore not listening.
+ *
+ * For now, just continue below to call the listen_loop function.
+ */
+ }
+#endif /* def _WIN32 */
+