We were asked by a client to write a simple batch program that tests if a server is alive by using ping.
Below is a sample of the script that we created. The client used it in a Formscape project to ensure that a server was available before writting a record to a database using ODBC.
@echo off CLS :RETRYPING echo Testing if 192.168.1.1 host is alive ping 192.168.1.1 | find "Reply" > nul if not errorlevel 1 ( echo Host is alive ) else ( echo host is down - retry in 30 Seconds REM Poor man's sleep function - ping localhost ping 1.0.0.0 -n 1 -w 30000 >NUL echo Retry now GOTO RETRYPING ) :ENDPING
