Hello, I am kindly looking for a batch file that will do the following.

1. I have a list of 10 PC names in a text file (pcnames.txt)

2. I want to ping every PC name in the list

3. If the ping fails then put the failed PC name into a text file (failedping.txt)

4. If ping succeeds then remove a directory on the success PC (ex. rmdir c:\VNC /s /q)

Thank you,
X.

Not tested

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@echo off > failedping.txt
setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion

for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in (pcnames.txt) do (
ping %%a | find "Reply" > nul
if errorlevel 1 (echo %%a >> failedping.txt
) else (
echo rd //%%a/c:/VNC /s /q
)
)

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If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

M2

Thanks M2, I really appreciate it.

Minor tweaking of the RD command on the last line, and it works PERFECTLY:

@echo off > failedping.txt
setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion

for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in (pcnames.txt) do (
ping %%a | find "Reply" > nul
if errorlevel 1 (echo %%a >> failedping.txt
) else (
rd \\%%a\c$\VNC /s /q
)
)

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Thanks again, I feel honored to be helped by the Master M2!

X.