samba - Aug 2006 - How to determine if Samba server started up properly

Hi all,
I wrote a program that will interact with samba. In it, I want to check
if Samba has started up properly. "Properly" here means that Samba
server is UP and READY to serve new connections from clients. Does
anyone have idea about how to do it?

Thanks in advance.

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Nguyen Anh Phu