brewdude6,

Doesn't this work for you?

code:
 break on
 cls
:start
 SLEEP 3
 ?"pinging server hrbackup"
 SHELL '%comspec% /c ping -w 5000 -n 1 hrbackup | find /i "ttl" > nul'
  IF @error = 0
       GOTO start
 ELSE
       GOTO end
 ENDIF

:end
 ?"Server not found"
 SLEEP 3
 EXIT


[ 12. October 2002, 00:41: Message edited by: kdyer ]
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