Hi, i have a batch file that runs the following

@echo off
cls
cd C:\photo\
ftp -i -s:ftpupload.txt

what i want to do is set an 'alarm' of types up, so if the ftp upload hangs for 10minutes it will disconnect the session.

anyone got any ideas?

How about calling sleep.exe or wait.exe and set to 10 minutes or 600 seconds?

eg: call sleep.exe 600

Then use an error return code to check to see if ftp was successful or not and if not use kill.exe or pskill.exe to terminate the ftp process.

eg: Errorreturn

Just some thoughts.

You could also use vbScript to do everything you need plus the steps I mentioned above without having to call separate executables.

ping -n 10 127.0.0.0 > nul

You can also use this to sleep/wait for 10 seconds. Just change the 10 to however long you want it to sleep/wait. With this you will not have to put the sleep.exe or wait.exe on your computer.