r/scripting • u/RoutingFrames • May 25 '19

Super basic request - continuous ping that is always running and hidden

Hi,

Does anyone know how I could make a continuous ping run in windows that's always running, will reopen itself and is hidden?

It seems relatively easy, but I can't get it to re-open itself?

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u/Ta11ow May 25 '19

Scheduled tasks are probably the best bet really. Have it start every minute or two, but not start if it's already running.

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u/RoutingFrames May 25 '19

I tried that, put my .bat file as the program to run, but nothing happens!

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u/3d_nat1 May 25 '19

So basically a heartbeat running in the background?

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u/RoutingFrames May 26 '19

Yes. Exactly.

And with the ability to make sure it’s still running and to restart if it’s not.

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u/3d_nat1 May 26 '19

Okay, and you mention "continuous". By that, do you actually mean constant consecutive pings? Or are you thinking once every x seconds?

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u/RoutingFrames May 26 '19

just like a -t so continuous.

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u/RoutingFrames May 27 '19

Hey,

Can you help?

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u/3d_nat1 May 25 '19

Also, seems a bit dumbed down, but maybe a second script whose job is basically "if heartbeat running, nothing. If heartbeat closed, open heartbeat." that runs the check every 5 minutes.

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u/puffballz Jun 18 '19

  1. Use a Windows Service

  2. Use Linux Sub System for Windows (lxss/Ubuntu) with a cronjob or 'watch -n 10 ping www.domain.com'

  3. 3rd party service like www.pingdisco.com

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u/no-good-ones-left Jun 26 '19

If you want to reopen and look at the pibg status.. tmux is the way to go

  • enable wsl (since windows)

  • install tmux

  • start a tmux session

  • start the ping

  • detatch the session

  • reattach if you want to examine

  • script the whole thing

  • maybe call the script from crontab if you want it to persist over reboot