If(pc is online??){

[D_Dave]

How can i get my script to tell if my pc is online?

I was thinking along the lines of if a port is open, then...

That sort of thing.

I will have 2 PC's running via a router, so i couldnt ping them as the other one may be on. Possibly i could see if port 80 is open (there will be an apache webserver on the pc)

I did try

if (contents of a file on the pc == "online")

However, this took ages to load, then ended up with an error in the middle of the page. I would like it to just display "Offline"

thanks

Dave

[Mordecai]

This can be achieved with sockets.

I'm not that good with them, so I can't really tell you much. The manual should get you to be able to test if your computer is online, though.