Re: How to detect (from the command line) if a service is available?

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From: Jon Erlandson (jerlands_at_NOSPAM.sbcglobal.net)
Date: 01/26/05


Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:23:09 -0600

This is from http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1494&page=4
Right click on 'My computer' and select 'manage.' From the computer
management window, expand 'services and applications' then click 'services'
to open up the window listing all available services. The ones labeled
'started' are currently running, and the startup type 'automatic' denotes a
service which is started by windows each time the operating system loads.

"Mbene Ovambo" <mbkenny@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ct6b0n$113$00$1@news.t-online.com...
>I want to check if a service (in this case: openssh) is available on the
>local computer.
> Normally I could start the service by typing
>
> net start openssh
>
> but this would start the service (if existing). Is there a way to find out
> if the service is available without starting it?
>
>
> Mbene
>



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