Oh!... I added a close to the file statement. We were leaving it open.

Here is more of what I was wanting to accomplish, but not the whole thing. Hopefully next week I will be done and I'll post it then.

code:

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$ChkNavService = '%comspec% /c pv.exe -q >C:\RC.TXT'
$StopNavService = 'NET STOP "Norton AntiVirus Client"'
$StartNavService = 'NET START "Norton AntiVirus Client"'
shell $ChkNavService
$logfile = "C:\RC.TXT"
$chk = ""
$ = open(1,$logfile,2)
if @error = 0
    $x = readline(1)
    if $x
        do
            select
                case instr($x,"rtvscan.exe")
                    $chk = "Running"
                case instr($x,"rtvscn95.exe")
                    $chk = "Running"
	   endselect
            $x = readline(1)
        until @error
    endif
endif
$ = close (1)
select
    case $chk = "Running"
	;do nothing
    case $chk = ""
        shell $StartNavService
    case 1
        ;unknown problem
endselect
IF EXIST("C:\RC.TXT")
	DEL ("C:\RC.TXT")
ENDIF
RETURN

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Thanks again... Oh, do you do ICQ or AOL IM? I wanted to chat with Shawn about this because our Internet is like being on a 2400 baud modem at the moment. He missed that I guess or maybe he left already.

I use magicmkrdl for AOL IM