Have you tried? 

P:\test>perl -e"system 'net stop mysql'"
The MySQL service is stopping.
The MySQL service was stopped successfully.


P:\test>perl -e"system 'net start mysql'"
The MySQL service is starting.
The MySQL service was started successfully.

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Update: As a footnote. The NET STOP command is documented to take care of stopping and starting dependant services: 

The syntax of this command is:


NET STOP
service

NET STOP stops Windows services.

Stopping a service cancels any network connections the service is
using. Also, some services are dependent on others. Stopping one
service can stop others.

Some services cannot be stopped.

service   May be one of the following services:
   ALERTER
   BROWSER
   CLIENT SERVICE FOR NETWARE
   CLIPBOOK
   DHCP CLIENT
   FILE REPLICATION
   MESSENGER
   NET LOGON
   NT LM SECURITY SUPPORT PROVIDER
   REMOTE ACCESS CONNECTION MANAGER
   ROUTING AND REMOTE ACCESS
   RPCLOCATOR
   SCHEDULE
   SERVER
   SPOOLER
   TCP/IP NETBIOS HELPER SERVICE
   UPS
   WORKSTATION

NET STOP can also stop services not provided with Windows.

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The 3rd paragraph is the relevant one. See the MS docs for what determines whether a service is stoppable or not and what constitutes dependance.

There seems very little logic in trying to re-create the logic built into these system commands when they are readily usable from Perl?

Examine what is said, not who speaks.
"Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham
"Think for yourself!" - Abigail
"Memory, processor, disk in that order on the hardware side. Algorithm, algorithm, algorithm on the code side." - tachyon

In reply to Re: Win32 - Dependant services by BrowserUk
in thread Win32 - Dependant services by Smaug

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