Determine if a service has started via batch file

[Guest WB]

Is there any way to determine if a service has started via a batch file? I

tried using "sc" but it doesn't return any errorlevel.

 

Thanks

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Bill Baker

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Determine if a service has started via batch file

 

 

"WB" <WB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Is there any way to determine if a service has started via a batch file? I

> tried using "sc" but it doesn't return any errorlevel.

>

> Thanks

> --

> Bill Baker

 

Your question is a little ambiguous.

- Do you want to know if a service has been started automatically

or by a batch file command? I don't think you can find out - it

makes no difference how you start the service.

- Do you want to use a batch file in order to determine the status

of a batch file? That's easy - the command

net start | find /i "NameOfService"

will tell you.

[Guest WB]

Re: Determine if a service has started via batch file

 

Thanks for the quick reply. net start {service} sets errorlevel=2, so this

will work fine.

 

Thanks again,

--

Bill Baker

 

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

> "WB" <WB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:E9711A82-E9D3-4663-90D2-EB649586B060@microsoft.com...

> > Is there any way to determine if a service has started via a batch file? I

> > tried using "sc" but it doesn't return any errorlevel.

> >

> > Thanks

> > --

> > Bill Baker

>

> Your question is a little ambiguous.

> - Do you want to know if a service has been started automatically

> or by a batch file command? I don't think you can find out - it

> makes no difference how you start the service.

> - Do you want to use a batch file in order to determine the status

> of a batch file? That's easy - the command

> net start | find /i "NameOfService"

> will tell you.

>

>

>

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Determine if a service has started via batch file

 

That's not quite what you asked. Your original question was: How

to determine if a service has started. The command

net start {ServiceName}

will actually start the service if it can (which is beyond the scope

of your question). Still, if you don't mind starting an inactive service

then your solution will do nicely.

 

 

"WB" <WB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Thanks for the quick reply. net start {service} sets errorlevel=2, so this

> will work fine.

>

> Thanks again,

> --

> Bill Baker

>

>

> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

>>

>> "WB" <WB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:E9711A82-E9D3-4663-90D2-EB649586B060@microsoft.com...

>> > Is there any way to determine if a service has started via a batch

>> > file? I

>> > tried using "sc" but it doesn't return any errorlevel.

>> >

>> > Thanks

>> > --

>> > Bill Baker

>>

>> Your question is a little ambiguous.

>> - Do you want to know if a service has been started automatically

>> or by a batch file command? I don't think you can find out - it

>> makes no difference how you start the service.

>> - Do you want to use a batch file in order to determine the status

>> of a batch file? That's easy - the command

>> net start | find /i "NameOfService"

>> will tell you.

>>

>>

>>

[Guest Bill Grant]

Re: Determine if a service has started via batch file

 

If you do "sc start " you should get an "already running" message if it

has already started.

 

"WB" <WB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:E9711A82-E9D3-4663-90D2-EB649586B060@microsoft.com...

> Is there any way to determine if a service has started via a batch file? I

> tried using "sc" but it doesn't return any errorlevel.

>

> Thanks

> --

> Bill Baker

[Guest harrykrishna.nospam@online.ie]

Re: Determine if a service has started via batch file

 

You could include a find statement with SC and then the errorlevel

will show 0 if found or 1 if not.

 

Something like:

 

SC QUERY SPOOLER | FIND /I "RUNNING"

 

IF ERRORLEVEL 1 ECHO NOT RUNNING

 

ETC ETC

 

Hope this helps....

 

WB <WB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Is there any way to determine if a service has started via a batch file? I

>tried using "sc" but it doesn't return any errorlevel.

>

>Thanks