Re: Batch sent X10 command

["Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 14:48:04 -0400, Marc_F_Hult
<MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 17 Jul 2006 10:48:43 -0700, rcochran@xxxxxxxxxx wrote in message
> <1153158523.929292.219110@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>>
>> Si Ballenger wrote:
>>> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:27:27 -0400, MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 	PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 5000 >NUL
>>>
>>> another possible approach for a 5 second delay:
>>>
>>> ping 127.0.0.1 -n 6 >nul
>>
>> A far more elegant approach for a delay is to use the "sleep" command
>> and tell it how many seconds you want to wait.
>>
>> sleep 5
>>
>> will wait 5 seconds without depending on any sort of tcp/ip setup
>> whatsoever.
>>
>> --Rich
>
> It may be "elegant" but it doesn't actually work within the scope of what
> I described ("solution native to XP and TI103" ;-)

I have directory C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\ in PATH and
C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\sleep.exe in that directory,
so it certainly works for me.

Tony