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[timmy3]

Hi,
I am a desktop support and one of my daily duties it to check if printers are alive. I have a batch file to do that but sometimes first ping fails so i only want to record an outcome of the senond one. Could you please help me change my batch file to address this?
Thanks guys this will save me a lot of effort

echo off
if exist c:\printersUnit3.txt goto Label1
echo.
echo Cannot find c:\printersUnit3.txt
echo.
Pause
goto :eof

:Label1
(Set OutputFile=c:\resultUnit3.txt)
If Exist "%OutputFile%" Del "%OutputFile%"
echo PingTest for printers at Unit 5 executed on %date% at %time% > "%OutputFile%"
echo ================================================= >>"%OutputFile%"
for /f %%i in (c:\printersUnit3.txt) do call :Sub %%i
notepad "%OutputFile%"
goto :eof

:Sub
echo Testing %1
set state=alive
ping -n 1 %1 | find /i "bytes=" || set state=dead
echo %1 is %state% >> "%OutputFile%"

[hetra]

I have had the same problems with batch. My first language I learn't, and the print syntax is a pain in the neck. Also, you should use code tags when posting code on the forum, it makes things alot neater.

Whats in C:\printersUnit3.txt? Just out of curiosity. If the printers are on the same LAN, maybe you ought to do this:

ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -l numberofbytestosend

This will loop the pings, yet it won't crash it because you can set the number of bytes lower...Just a thought.

Or, to record it:

ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx >> anytextfile.txt

That should record the output to a textfile of you choice.