Are you waiting for the service to actually stop? When you call ServiceController.Stop(), it's really just issuing the stop command. You'll need to loop, calling .Refresh() and then checking .Status.
-Brad On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:36:47 -0500, Hamza Zeen-Aldin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am using the servicecontroller to stop and start services on multiple > servers. The problem is that when I stop a service and try to update the > files it takes a while for the service to release the handle on those > files. I used the sleep task but it does not work all the time even if I > set the period as high as 15 sec. Is there any way to get around this? I > sat the time interval on the sleep taks high but it does not work all > the time. I need in some way to check if the files used by the service > are ready to be deleted/updated and then proceed with my update. ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Nant-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users
