Check PostgreSQL status using MS-DOS bat file?

Hi All,

I want to write a MS-DOS command to check that the PostgreSQL database is up and running and able to accept data being pushed to it. From a bit of reading I've identified the pg_ctl status command, but can this be incorporated into a *.bat file and can the resulting status be recorded in a *.txt file? If so does anyone have a command which would enable this?

Regards

Hugh Loughrey
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