Determine if a service has started via batch file

[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
--
Bill Baker

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Determine if a service has started via batch file


"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.

 

[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.
>
>
>

 

[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
news:CD7B20FE-84EB-40AD-ACC6-698D2B138F76@microsoft.com...
> 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.
>>
>>
>>

 

[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

 

[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