Keeping Ping DOS window open?

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Trs80 - 30 May 2008 00:02 GMT

When I run Ping from the DOS command prompt, the Ping data returns in a DOS
window........but the window closes after it finishes. How do I keep the
DOS window open after it finishes so I can view the data?
thanks!

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Pegasus (MVP) - 30 May 2008 00:09 GMT

> When I run Ping from the DOS command prompt, the Ping data returns in a
> DOS window........but the window closes after it finishes. How do I keep
> the DOS window open after it finishes so I can view the data?
> thanks!

I suspect you're not running ping from the Command Prompt -
you're probably running it from the Start/Run box. If so then
this might help:

cmd /c ping www.google.com & pause

Also note that DOS is a legacy operating system introduced
some thirty years ago. It is rarely used these days and does
not exist under WinXP, inspite of its similarity to the Command
Prompt.

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Shenan Stanley - 30 May 2008 00:15 GMT

> When I run Ping from the DOS command prompt, the Ping data returns
> in a DOS window........but the window closes after it finishes. How do I
> keep the DOS window open after it finishes so I can view
> the data?

You mean you are doing "ping" from the RUN field?
Try CMD from the RUN field...

Or...

cmd /k ping www.google.com
--> Click OK

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