Newbie - Need to ping..!. Andi Merchant 7/11/2007 8:48:01 AM Hi All, I need to read a file with computer names in, issue a ping to those computers and write back to a file (or the same file) on the success or failure of the ping.. My scripting guy has swan'ed of to Oz on hols and I could really do with a dig out.. any pointers are very very welcome many thanks Andi

Re: Newbie - Need to ping..!. Michael Bednarek <mbATmbednarek.com[ at ]BLACKHOLESPAM.NET> 7/11/2007 12:22:45 PM On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:48:01 -0700, Andi Merchant wrote in microsoft.public.windows.server.scripting: [Quoted Text] >I need to read a file with computer names in, issue a ping to those >computers and write back to a file (or the same file) on the success or >failure of the ping.. [snip] Trivial with the right tool, 4NT in this case: FOR %host IN ([ at ]NAMES.TXT) ECHO %host %[ at ]PING[%host] The 4NT function [ at ]PING[] is documented at <http://jpsoft.com/help/f_ping.htm>; 4NT is a commercial product ("Real work needs real tools.") Other scripting languages may require a more elaborate solution. -- Michael Bednarek http://mbednarek.com/ "POST NO BILLS"

Re: Newbie - Need to ping..!. "Richard Mueller [MVP]" <rlmueller-nospam[ at ]ameritech.nospam.net> 7/11/2007 1:38:00 PM Andi Merchant wrote: [Quoted Text] > I need to read a file with computer names in, issue a ping to those > computers and write back to a file (or the same file) on the success or > failure of the ping.. > > My scripting guy has swan'ed of to Oz on hols and I could really do with a > dig out.. > > any pointers are very very welcome I have 3 example VBScript methods to ping linked here: http://www.rlmueller.net/PingComputers.htm -- Richard Mueller Microsoft MVP Scripting and ADSI Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net --

RE: Newbie - Need to ping..!. Tom McGeown 7/12/2007 11:00:00 AM http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/csc/scripts/network/client/cscne049.mspx layout is a bit messed up on this page - but this script could be modified to do the job "Andi Merchant" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi All, > > I need to read a file with computer names in, issue a ping to those > computers and write back to a file (or the same file) on the success or > failure of the ping.. > > My scripting guy has swan'ed of to Oz on hols and I could really do with a > dig out.. > > any pointers are very very welcome > > many thanks > > Andi >