Batch file pause

snappieT

Hi,
Basically I need to write a batch file that will, say ping Google once every hour. I'm grand with basic batch files, but is there a command to pause the file for a set period of time?

If not, is there any other method by which I could flick back easily to see if and when a client was detached from the network?

Thank You
Snapscan

zAbbo

ping www.google.ie -w 60000

or something

snappieT

That doesn't do it - it just extends the time PING waits for a reply before claiming that the packet was lost.
Thanks anyway

Any more ideas?

zAbbo

stick a wait in there, theres plenty of info, google

Capt'n Midnight

Use Choice.com from Dos/Win9x - works on later versions of windows too.

choice /T:Y,99

Note: only waits up to 99 seconds
There are probably a couple of thousand utils like this out there,
including the ones on the windows Resource kits " wait "

To see when the connection was lost - debug this
[php]:loop
ping x -n | find "No Reply"
if errorlevel 1 goto loop
echo. | time >>timeout.txt
goto loop[/php]

snappieT

Wait doesn't exist, and choice.com isn't available (Win XP Pro SP2)

I looked at google, but came up with nothing.
Is there any other methods or stand-alone programs?

WizZard

Set up a scheduled job in Windows? Set it to run your batch file every hour at whatever time, then get your batch file to output to a file.

<edit>Just noticed that windows smallest time period for a scheduled task is 24hrs. So it's not good. </edit>

de8o

You need sleep.exe. It comes with the resource CD but I think M$ allow you to download it now. Works great in batch files.

Khannie

I'll write you an app that does it. I can do it on Wednesday. If you have perl installed I'll write you a script now.

Edit: I have a copy of sleep here. pm me your email address and I'll send it to you. I take no responsibility if it wrecks your computer, etc. etc.

snappieT

Savage! Cheers de80

Snowbat

You can also find a sleep.exe here (3rd file):
http://www.computerhope.com/dutil.htm

pickarooney

copy these two lines into a file called wait.bat and save it in a directory which is in your PATH

@ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2 -w 1000 > nul
@ping 127.0.0.1 -n %1% -w 1000> nul

To use it in a batch file just call wait n where n is the number of seconds.

Note: the ping command here is not actually used for the pinging you want to do, it's simply pinging the machine itself (or a null address would work equally well) and creating the delay.