i can get the email to work by using
mapisend.exe from the exchange resource kit

i am having problems tho with getting the response from 'ping'

please help

Pete

Here's one way to do it. There has been much debate on what the find string should be for this technique ... anyone ? (j?):

code:

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break on

$pings = 2
$machine = "shawn"

shell '%comspec% /c ping -n $pings $machine |  find /i "received = $pings" >nul 2>nul'

if @error=0
 ?"$machine is alive"
else
 ?"$machine is dead or in trouble"
endif

exit

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-Shawn

[ 02 August 2001: Message edited by: Shawn ]

it was "TTL="

J.

P.: see Ping()

[ 02 August 2001: Message edited by: jpols ]

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in my inventory script. -w makes it not to wait for many seconds. 0% loss is string that is included in ping reply no matter what language is installed.
sadness is that it needs to be readen from file. and I don't know howto pipe the errorlevel with anything.

just so i can see how it would be done?

in normal batch file it would be:
%comspec% /c ping 292.117.139.29 -n 1 -w 20|find /c "(0% loss)"
if "%errorlevel%"=="1" do something...

and in kix then:
shell '%comspec% /c ping 292.117.139.29 -n 1 -w 20|find /c "(0%'+' loss)"'
if @error<>1 do something...

try it and say if it works (on my machine it worked fine...)

cheers.

btw. jochen, try this method to your ping() if you get it work, execution time dries smaller like beer in the sun

[ 02 August 2001: Message edited by: Lonkero ]

D:\test-dir>mailto

D:\test-dir>C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe /c ping sh1262 -n 1 -w 20 | find /c "(0 loss)"
0

D:\test-dir>if "1" == "1" do mapisend -u test -p s -r pete.fry -s "ping failed"

The name specified is not recognized as an
internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

this is what i get when i run the batch file....... what am i doing wrong?

i'm trying to use the without kix approach atm

Pete

The % sign is screwing up the batch file - try it with double %'s eg:

%comspec% /c ping 292.117.139.29 -n 1 -w 20|find /c "(0%% loss)"

-Shawn

Lonkero - the quickest gun in the west.

[ 02 August 2001: Message edited by: Shawn ]

%comspec% /c ping sh1263 -n 1 -w 20|find /c "(0%% loss)"
%errorlevel%

machine sh1263 doesn't exist and doing a ping sh1263 normally gets requests timed out

results in an errorlevel of 1 (which is what i wanted)

%comspec% /c ping sh1262 -n 1 -w 20|find /c "(0%% loss)"
%errorlevel%

machine sh1262 exists but i sell get an errorlevel 1

any ideas?

Pete

what is '0% loss' ???

Never seen that ! is it 9x ?????
In NT a ping reply is for example:

Reply from 10.131.96.20: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=124

i use this in 3.63 (no temp files needed):

code:

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$machine = "whatever"
$timeout = 5000
$pingloop = 6
gosub ping
if $reply
     ; continue 
else
     ; loop next
endif
.
.
.
  ing
    $reply = 0
    $c = 0
    do
        shell '%ComSpec /c /e:1024 ping ' + $machine + ' -n 1 -w ' + $timeout + ' | find /C "TTL=" > nul'
        if @error = 0
            $reply = 1
            return
        endif
        $c = $c + 1
    until $c = $pingloop
return

---

J.

[ 02 August 2001: Message edited by: jpols ]

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code:

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%comspec% /c ping pikvalexchange -n 1 -w 20|find /c "(0% loss)"
echo "%errorlevel%"
%comspec% /c ping pikvalexchange -n 1 -w 20|find /c "(0%% loss)"
echo "%errorlevel%"

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code:

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C:\kix2k1\rc1>test.bat
C:\kix2k1\rc1>C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe /c ping pikvalexchange -n 1 -w 20  | find /c
0
C:\kix2k1\rc1>echo "1"
"1"
C:\kix2k1\rc1>C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe /c ping pikvalexchange -n 1 -w 20  | find /c
1
C:\kix2k1\rc1>echo "0"
"0"

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so it worked.
take the "-w 20" of and test again. it means that ping does not wait the reply longer than 20ms before quitting with error.
if you have slower net you might try to take it of or set to some 100ms.

cheers,

I never seen 0%loss except maybe in a telnet session on a Router !!!

Jochen

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code:

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C:\kix2k1\rc1>C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe /c ping pikval_exc -n 1 -w 20
Ping-isäntä pikval_exc.pikval.gws.fi [194.197.109.209], 32 tavun paketti:
Vastaus isännältä 194.197.109.209: tavuja=32 aika<10 ms TTL=128
Ping-tilastot 194.197.109.209:
    Paketit: Lähetetty = 1, Vastaanotettu = 1, Kadonnut = 0 (0% loss),
Arvioitu kiertoaika millisekunneissa:
    Minimi = 0 ms, Maksimi =  0 ms, Keskimäärin =  0 ms

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so, I thought that loss as only english word might be nice thing to search for.

[ 02 August 2001: Message edited by: Lonkero ]

so 'TTL=' is the one and only string !!!

Don't try to search for 'reply from' that would give @error = 0 also for the following:

Reply from RouterIP TTL expired in transit

J.

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a true word composedly spoken ...

Happy 1500th Post Mate !!!

Jochen

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you are right, there is not (0% loss) on nt.

how do i get the error levels to work?

Pete

what ? you don't want to use kix ????
Get off !
No, just kidding ...

sample batch I (once) used (called by some other batches (%1 = Computername)

code:

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@echo off
if "%logfile%."=="." SET logfile=CON
rem %1: Servername
echo .............................
echo Workin' @ %1
SET PINGLOOP=0
:STARTPING
if %PINGLOOP% == 9 echo %1: No ping reply >> %logfile%
if %PINGLOOP% == 9 GOTO SENDMAIL
SET /a PINGLOOP += 1
ping %1 -n 5 -w 5000 | find /C "TTL=" > nul
if errorlevel 1 GOTO STARTPING
exit
:SENDMAIL
Your mail command here !

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hth

Jochen

ps : errrmmm, this was used in a VWAN (Very Wide Area Network) so you might wanna ammend timeout, retries, and loops

[ 02 August 2001: Message edited by: jpols ]

Uups , and not to fergot the calling batch :

code:

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@echo off
set logfile=%0\..\log\miss.log
CALL %0\..\Yourbatchname.CMD Computername1
CALL %0\..\Yourbatchname.CMD Computername2
CALL %0\..\Yourbatchname.CMD Computername3 
.
.

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[ 02 August 2001: Message edited by: jpols ]

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