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Running snipraw as a system service ​

Running snipraw as a system service ensures it starts on boot and restarts on failure. There is no built-in service management, so use your platform's native tooling.

Linux (systemd) ​

Create /etc/systemd/system/snipraw.service:

ini
[Unit]
Description=Snipraw snippet server
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=your-user
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/snipraw --dir /home/your-user/snippets
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enable and start:

bash
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now snipraw

Check logs:

bash
journalctl -u snipraw -f

macOS (launchd) ​

Create ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.snipraw.plist:

xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>Label</key>
  <string>com.snipraw</string>
  <key>ProgramArguments</key>
  <array>
    <string>/usr/local/bin/snipraw</string>
    <string>--dir</string>
    <string>/Users/you/snippets</string>
  </array>
  <key>RunAtLoad</key>
  <true/>
  <key>KeepAlive</key>
  <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

Load it:

bash
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.snipraw.plist

Windows (NSSM) ​

NSSM (Non-Sucking Service Manager) wraps any executable as a Windows service. Install it via Scoop or Chocolatey or WinGet or download the zip from the GitHub releases page.

Register snipraw as a service (requires admin shell):

powershell
nssm install snipraw "C:\path\to\snipraw.exe"
nssm set snipraw AppParameters "--dir C:\Users\you\snippets"
nssm start snipraw

To remove:

powershell
nssm stop snipraw
nssm remove snipraw confirm

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NSSM can write stdout and stderr to a log file. Use nssm set snipraw AppStdout and AppStderr to configure log paths and keep tabs on what snipraw is doing.