[windows2000] Re: Multiple arguments in a batch
- From: Jonathan Chan <jchan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 02:54:24 -0500
At 11:03 PM 9/9/2002, you wrote:
>Okay, as long as we're talking batches, can anyone tell me how to exit
>out of a for /f loop, or use something other than a for /f?
>
>Here's a piece of my batch:
>
>for /f "Skip=3 Tokens=1" %%i in ('ping -n 1 %1') do (set Response=%%1) &
>call :checkResponse %Response%
>:checkResponse
>REM echo %*>>%LogFile%
>if {%Response%} NEQ {Reply} (call wscript.exe pingalrt.vbs %Domain%
>%Email%)
>goto :EOF
>
>
>What I want to do is try to ping %1, and if the response is not "Reply
>from..." it should launch a vbs script. It works fine, but after it
>tests the first line from the response, it moves on to the next one.
>So, if my ping results are:
>
>
>***********************************************************
>Pinging somedomain.com [213.130.63.232] with 32 bytes of data:
>
>Reply from 213.130.63.232: bytes=32 time=99ms TTL=241
>
>Ping statistics for 213.130.63.232:
> Packets: Sent = 1, Received = 1, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
>Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
> Minimum = 99ms, Maximum = 99ms, Average = 99ms
>***********************************************************
>
>
>It's going to test to see if {Reply} NEQ {Reply}, and then it will move
>to tne next line, {} NEQ {Reply} and next, {Ping} NEQ {Reply} and so on.
>I'd like it to just check the first line and then stop. I wish there
>where an "exit for" command. Or who knows, maybe there is.
welcome to the world of goto's and the limitations of batch files. assuming
i read your email/code correctly (batch files - plague - avoid), here's
what's happening:
you got an iterative loop starting at line 4 (or 3). unless someone else
says otherwise, i think you misused the call function, as well as the for
loop. when call is used, your batch file (caller) is more/less put on
pause, and a 2nd batch file (callee) is then executed. when the callee is
done running, control then goes back to the caller where it left off. in
your case, the batch file is calling itself and starts running at the
checkResponse label. checkResponse cycles through and exits sending control
back to the caller at the for loop. hopefully that will explain why your
batch file is doing more than what you want. the only quick fix i can see
is to replace call with goto. i wish i didnt say that...that's defeating
the purpose of a for loop, and goto's can break everything (think of it as
a control-break). if you're running this against one computer only, try
using the if conditional, which is easier said then done.
learn vbscript to do simple admin tasks. for most people, it's easier to
read/understand/debug, and the pro's, imo, outweigh the con's.
functions/procedures/block programming/flow control/databases/etc.
hope that helps some.
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