[windows2000] Re: Multiple arguments in a batch
- From: Jonathan Chan <jchan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 14:48:24 -0500
arg...i just tried it myself and couldnt validate the false condition. try
this snippet instead, it worked for me.
if strReturn = 1 then
msgbox "box not up"
end if
At 02:40 PM 9/10/2002, you wrote:
>Hi Jonathan,
>
>This almost works. Like, if the name can't be resolved, I'll get a false
>return, but if the name is resolved but the response times out, I'll get a
>true returned where I'm looking for a false. I'll probably just suck it up
>and pipe the output to a file. This is only so that I can have my home
>server ping my website while I'm at work and e-mail me if there's a problem.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ray at work
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jonathan Chan [mailto:jchan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> >
> >
> >
> > At 08:06 AM 9/10/2002, you wrote:
> > >I do know VB Script. I just didn't know of any way to ping
> > an IP address or
> > >get a shell response back to my script. Like "strReturn =
> > >objShell.Run("cmd.exe /c ping -n 1 domain.com") but it
> > doesn't really work
> > >that way... The only other thing I could think to do is
> > pipe the ping
> > >results to a text file and read it with the file scripting
> > object then.
> > >Doesn't matter really. Thanks.
> > >
> > >Ray at work
> >
> >
> >
> > try this:
> >
> > Dim shell
> > Set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
> >
> > strReturn = Shell.Run("ping jchan", 1, true)
> > 'msgbox strReturn
> >
> > if strReturn = false then
> > do whatnot
> > endif
> >
> >
> >
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