Ping command arguements 1

[thorn312]

I have to generate data on network latency. At the client's request they want a series of pings and trace routes taken between one of their user populations on the East Coast and the proposed dat center on the West Coast.

at this point I can ping and send the results to a text file.
C:\ping HOST IP >c:\testfile.txt

The problem is that each time I run the command it over writes the previous data. I need it to append. i have tried adding /append or append before and after the output file name.

Thanks for your help

 

[WheeDoggy]

C:\ping HOST IP >>c:\testfile.txt

To append, you would use 2 ">" like above.

 

[thorn312]

Thanks a lot. It works for my trace routes also.

 

[JAFrank]

Incidentally, if you want a larger sample of data, you can use:

ping -n 50 HOST IP >> c:\testfile.txt

Which would give you 50 ping replies, rather than the default 4.

You could also use the -t switch, which will collect data indefinitely, until you press CTRL+C at the keyboard.

Hope that helps a little...

Allen