Batch file to check if a system service is running

Question

I would like to know how to check if a service is running using a batch file

e.g.

if xxxx service is running go to start stage2.bat else go to echo Service not running

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

Answer 1

Similar to How to check if a process is running via a batch script

EDIT:
From the post, with an added else statement:

tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq myapp.exe" 2>NUL | find /I /N "myapp.exe">NUL
if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" (
    call stage2.bat
) else (
    echo Program is not running
)

For a service:

sc query "ServiceName" | find "RUNNING"
if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" (
    call stage2.bat
) else (
    echo Program is not running
)

Answer 2

read this article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/251192 and see SC /?

then try

SC QUERY

EDIT: to automate the check, pipe the result to FIND and look for RUNNING

 SC QUERY %1 | FIND "STATE" | FIND "RUNNING" >nul
 IF ERRORLEVEL 1 (echo NOT RUNNING ) ELSE (echo RUNNING)