Hi. I hve written a batch file which connects to a series of computers, checks for the existence of a file then published the result, however I have a different section in the batch file for for each PC. What I want to do is to have a serperate list of ip addresses which I can include as variables. Here is an example of the batch file I am using. This is for 1 PC so for 20 you can imagine how unweilding it is becoming. REM *****Room number B002***** time /t > timeb002.txt net use j: \\xx.xx.xx.xx\c$ password /user:administrator /y copy smile.gif j:\temp if not exist j:\temp\smile.gif goto badcopy1 copy timeb002.txt h:\tmp\ltcheck goto goodcopy1 :badcopy1 copy bad.tnt h:\tmp\ltcheck\timeb002.txt goto end :goodcopy1 del j:\temp\*.gif :end net use j: /delete /y Thanks in advance Pete

Hi Will something along these lines help. Create a file with your data similar to the data below showing room + IP address and have the first batch file call the second batch file with Room and IP address from each line in the IP data file. Hope this may be of some help. I'm no expert. Harry. Rem IP.dat File 001 123-456-789 002 223-456-789 003 323-456-789 004 423-456-789 005 523-456-789 006 623-456-789 007 723-456-789 008 823-456-789 009 923-456-789 010 123-456-789 Rem Batch File1 echo off for /f "tokens=1,2 delims= " %%a in (ip.dat) do call Test2.bat %%a %%b Rem Batch File2 @echo off REM *****Room number B002***** time /t > timeb%1.txt echo net use j: \\%2\c$ password /user:administrator /y copy smile.gif j:\temp if not exist j:\temp\smile.gif goto badcopy1 copy timeb%1.txt h:\tmp\ltcheck goto goodcopy1 :badcopy1 copy bad.tnt h:\tmp\ltcheck\timeb%1.txt goto end :goodcopy1 j:\temp\*.gif :end net use j: /delete /y

Thanks I'll give it a go Pete

Thanks very much that felt expert to me!!!! Thanks again that really has made my life easier, I'd looked at the 'for in do' command but couldn't get my head round the tokens... Most grateful!! Pete

Hi Pete Glad it made your life easier. The Tokens are just like line parameters and the delims are just what seperates them, in this case a space. the tokens passed to the second batch file are the two tokens from the data file ie Room No & IP Address these are taken as data to the second batch file as %1=Room No and %2=IP Address for every line in the data file. Hope this Helps. Harry