[magusbuckley]

Hello:

I'm looking for a command that will delay processing of a batch file for a defined period of time. I'm running XP Home and can't find a working command anywhere. The only command I've found that works so far is the PING command, but I don't want the user to see that I'm pinging another machine to create the delay. In addition, the PING command can only be set for a certain amount of network responses, not a defined number of time.

Any and all information will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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See:
http://www.robvander...e.com/wait.html

The most popular way to do it is by ping, like you said. In particular, I use this in aproposfix for example:

ping 1.1.1.1 -n NumberOfRetries -w TimeToWaitBetweenTries

so that it waits for approximately (NumberOfRetries) multiplied by (TimeToWaitBetweenTries) milliseconds.

If you want to suppress the output to the screen, just redirect it to a file with >> , and then delete the file (it's a hack I know but it would work). For example:

ping 1.1.1.1 -n 3 -w 1000 >> errortext.txt
del errortext.txt

[Swandog46]

See:
http://www.robvander...e.com/wait.html

The most popular way to do it is by ping, like you said. In particular, I use this in aproposfix for example:

ping 1.1.1.1 -n NumberOfRetries -w TimeToWaitBetweenTries

so that it waits for approximately (NumberOfRetries) multiplied by (TimeToWaitBetweenTries) milliseconds.

If you want to suppress the output to the screen, just redirect it to a file with >> , and then delete the file (it's a hack I know but it would work). For example:

ping 1.1.1.1 -n 3 -w 1000 >> errortext.txt
del errortext.txt

[magusbuckley]

Hello:

I tried your method to hide the ping responses and it worked beautifully. Thank you for the information.

Magus

[Swandog46]

Glad to hear it!

[NishanW]

More refined command for Swandog46's sugession

ping 1.1.1.1 -n 3 -w 1000 > null

with this u dont have to delete a file

Regds

[Swandog46]

Indeed, that is a better idea --- thanks! Can't believe it didn't come to mind sooner.

Most people when using that syntax will write >NUL instead of > null , just for reference.

[Krizniak]

Why not creating a command line utility in any language, which can get the number of seconds to wait on the command line and call the win32 sleep api to make the program waiting ??

So, you just have to copy this utility in the path or current directory, and let's go !

[thillryan]

Just What I Was Looking For Thanks!!!

[Ebsuru]

I just wanted to give you some extra resources to help you out in the future with batch file scripting.

Try this channel:

http://www.youtube.com/codestop

It has the most complete series on batch file scripting on YouTube, it should help you.