NT Task Manager On The Command Line?

[TunaAdmiral]

Is there a way to grab the information that is displayed by the 32-bit Windows NT Task Manager in a raw text format?&nbsp;&nbsp;I've been told that this is not possible.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>The reason this would be desirable is for the purpose of automating a manual check that we do now to ensure that no tasks go into &quot;Not responding&quot; status. <br><br>I look forward to your responses!&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>Mikeymac

 

[SRG]

any text that gets displayed on the screen should be redirectable to a file. <br>using <br>command &gt;path\file.txt to create and or over write the file<br>command &gt;&gt;path\file.txt to append to the file. <br><br>

 

[TunaAdmiral]

Thanks for the reply, SRG! <br><br>But what would such a command be to see the output that appears in Task Manager?&nbsp;&nbsp;In particular, what is the command to see all Tasks and the status of each task?

 

[paulovey]

Not sure how you put it a file in RTF as it updates in real time.<br><br>Not a solution but a workaround but you could grab the screen with&nbsp;&nbsp;ALT + PRINT SCREEN and paste it to the paint app, and print out.<br><br>Not great but a small step in the right direction.<br><br>If anyone else knows how to do this, would love to har it (it would gaurentee my vote for the most helpful post <br> ....) <p>Paul Ovey<br><a href=mailtoaul.ovey@avenue-legal.co.uk>paul.ovey@avenue-legal.co.uk</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[SRG]

I am running windows 2000, but I think there is an equilivent NT res kit utility. The one I am using is called Tlist.exe it is part of the support tools for win2k. It shows the tasks and their PID's It does not show the status though. I am sure you cousl get the info through an API call but I don't know how to do that. are you running NT4? Sorry I kinda missed what you were lokoing for the first time. Let me know your OS ans SP and I will see what I can find.<br>

 

[TunaAdmiral]

SRG: The two servers in question run NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6a.&nbsp;&nbsp;Should have posted that in the first place!&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>

 

[SRG]

OK, got it. Gonna take some time to figure it out as I don't actually have an NT 4 server anymore. Are you in a big rush? I'll try to look into this when I get home tonight.

 

[TunaAdmiral]

SRG: I'm not in a big rush.&nbsp;&nbsp;Believe me, I'm grateful for ANY assistance offered here.&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm a bit of an NT neophyte...my natural habitat is UNIX.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br><br>Thanks again!&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>

 

[SRG]

This has turned out to be more difficult that I thought, still looking. I am sure it can be figured out, and now I want to know how.

 

[TunaAdmiral]

SRG: Driven by your tip, I found and installed the TLIST utility on a test NT machine. As you said, it works like a champ for looking at active processes, but does not display the status of a process. PULIST is similar to TLIST, but displays owner information, and can be issued remotely.

I'm not sure whether a task that goes into &quot;Not responding&quot; status would STOP appearing as an active PID in the TLIST or PULIST output......probably not.

If the task DOES disappear from the TLIST output....that would give me what I need, as I could write a script that acts on the instance of the missing tzsk.

Curiouser, and curiouser........

Appreciate your help, SRG!

 

[TunaAdmiral]

I think I might be on to something.

If you enter TLIST <task name> you get detailed information about that task, including some info about it's activity.

I won't be able to test the effectiveness of this for my purposes until our change board allows me to install the TLIST executable on the production server(s). (next week), and a &quot;Not responding&quot; condition occurs again.

Anyone know a way to force a task to go into &quot;Not responding&quot; status? I'd REALLY like to see what the TLIST output would look like in that case.

On the right trail.....

Mikeymac

 

[SRG]

Post what you find. I was not able to find anything better, but then I really havn't had the tyime to really search either.