I've found a lot of examples of continuous ping and saving output to a file. But what i was hoping to find was how do I have the script rewrite the output file after every 7 days, thereby eliminating the need for intervention.
Purpose: The idea is to run this script from a windows server and have it ping 8.8.8.8 every 30 seconds to check internet connectivity and log it to a file which is stored for 7 days and on the 8th day the script should start rewriting from line 1.
I only have the basic script:
Powershell:
ping -t 8.8.8.8|Foreach{"{0} - {1}" -f (Get-Date),$_} > c:\ping\test.txtCMD:
ping 8.8.8.8 –t |cmd /q /v /c "(pause&pause)>nul & for /l %a in () do (set /p "data=" && echo(!date! !time! !data!)&ping -n 2 8.8.8.8>nul" >>"C:\ping\TEST.txt"1 Answer
A simple solution will be to use the Task Scheduler to put this script into a task that is scheduled to run weekly.
The task should start with deleting the file, then creating a new one.
Some small points:
- Usesleepfor waiting 30 seconds inside the loop
- Use the
>>indirection - Use an account for the task that can use the network.
