Bonjour Steven Lisson!


   Le 14 mars 1997, Steven Lisson ecrivait a All un message parlant de
"File Check Loop"...


 SL> I was just wondering if someone could tell me a program that I could 
 SL> put in a batch file for it to wait for a set amount of time before
 SL> continuing.

   You may try to use CHOICE.COM from DOS.  You can set an amount of time
to be waited before it automatically makes a choice for you.  So you can
have it wait the amount of time, and the waiting may be shortened by
pressing the defined key.

     CHOICE /C  /N /T: ,3
              ^       ^
   In this example, CHOICE is waiting the user to input " " (ASCII-255).
If nothing happens after 3 seconds, it automatically presses " ", and your
batch continues its running...

   Note that "marked" (^) characters are ASCII-255 which you may input by
typing Alt+255...  And even, you can add a message to be displayed (such as
"Please wait...", or so).

 SL> SkyRider


     Amicalement,

          Alexandre Laurent


.!. As I was going up the stair, I met a man who wasn't there.