How to stop service, copy file, and restart

[BCinSC]

Need to copy a file, but first completely stop the service that writes to it, then restart that service when copy is complete. NT-based operating systems (NT, 2000, XP, 20003) all execute batch file commands without regard to prior command completion (ah, the down-side to multi-threaded OSes). I'm sure there are simply ways, beyond TPAUSE, to wait for each to complete before executing next. Help? Thanks.

 

[AFB]

Put the delete command in a loop so it keeps trying to delete it till it no longer exists?

Do loop:

do{
delete(file)
}
while(exists(file))


While loop:

while(exists(file)){
delete(file)
}

 

[BCinSC]

Don't want to delete, just copy.

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: BCinSC
Don't want to delete, just copy.

lol, sorry about that . I don't know the dos commands but maybe you could do it like this ? Make a call to stop the service and then wait a around in a while loop that checks if the service is stopped. If it is, it copys the file and sets the value of the var so that the loop will break.

 

[SearchMaster]

Sorry if this is too obvious but couldn't you use "net stop service&copy file&net start service"? If you're not sure of the service name, try "net help services".

 

[BCinSC]

Does the ampersand (&amp have an effect in a batch file?

 

[CTho9305]

You need to use double ampersands (always, not just in batch files).

net stop service && copy file && net start service