I have a script that uses the Win32::Service module to start a service, and it's fairly straightforward to change it to a stop instead. I find it's easier to deal with return codes from a module than a shelled-out "net start" or "net stop".

Have snipped out the important bit:

use Win32::Service;
$ServiceName = "SomeService";

sub StartRCS {
    print "Attempting to start Radia Configuration Server\n";
    my %ServiceHash = ();
    Win32::Service::GetStatus('', $ServiceName, \%ServiceHash);
    if (%ServiceHash) {
        if ($ServiceHash{CurrentState} != Win32::Service->SERVICE_RUNN
+ING)
        {
            if (Win32::Service::StartService('', $ServiceName))
            {
                print "RCS Service start command completed successfull
+y";
            } else {
                print "RCS could not be started";
            }
        } else {
            print "RCS Service already appears to be running";
        }
    } else {
        print "'$ServiceName' service doesn't exist";
    }
}

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Update: Realised the case of $ServiceName was incorrect.

Hope that helps...

Gordon.

In reply to Re: Stop/start Windows services with perl by TheFluffyOne
in thread Stop/start Windows services with perl by trplebeam1

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