Apache for cygwin

To test out wordpress 2.0 on a project at work I am attempting to make apache for cygwin a native windows service. I found that cygrun -I

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/cygwin.html#serv

Installing Apache as a new Service

Use the following statement to install
httpd.exe as a new service:

  $ cygrunsrv -I service_name-p /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd.exe 
   [-a arguments] [-e VAR=VALUE] [-t auto|manual] 
   [-u user] [-w passwd]

Where -a is used to pass command line
arguments (such as -DFOO defines) to
httpd.exe, and -e is used to pass
environment variables. If necessary you may use the
-t options to set the autostart configuration
for the service. If you want the new service to run under a
different userid, you will have to supply the
-u and -w options.

Starting Apache as a Service

After the new service is installed it can be started
using the following command:

  $ cygrunsrv -S service_name

Check your process table and global
error_log file to ensure Apache has started
without any major problems.

Stopping an Apache Service

A running Apache service may be stopped using the
following command:

  $ cygrunsrv -E service_name

This will stop all running httpd.exe

processes and shutdown the HTTP service for the
machine.

Removing an Apache Service

An installed Apache service may be removed from Windows
NT or Windows 2000 using the following command:

  $ cygrunsrv -R service_name

This will remove your previously defined and installed
service from the machine.