Andrew Shriner wrote: > > LOL > > That's ingenious, I would never have thought to use ping as a delay. > > Drew > > > >>> listray@xxxxxxxxxx 05/24/04 09:12AM >>> > > Here's the poor man's pauser. Ping localhost n+1 times. > > > > @echo off > > @echo Thirty seconds beginning > > ping -n 31 localhost>nul > > @echo Thirty seconds have past. > > > > Ray at work I have used ping for DNS lookup since nslookup doesn't seem to set ERRORLEVEL. Does anyone else have more creative uses of ping and other things? /Dan M ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor StressedPuppy.com Games Feeling stressed out? Check out our games to relieve your stress. http://www.StressedPuppy.com ******************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm