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#!/bin/sh host=$1sleeptime=2; if [ "$host" = "" ];then	host="alaska";fi; echo "Monitoring ${host} with ${sleeptime} seconds between polls" PING="ping -n 1 ${host}"retval=0 while [ 1 ];do	eval ${PING} > /dev/null	retval=$?	if [ $retval -eq 0 ]; then		echo `date +"%D %r"` "${currtime}: ${host} still up"	else		echo "MsgBox \"Host ${host} down!!!\"" > test.vbs		./test.vbs		echo "Press enter to continue"		read	fi;	sleep ${sleeptime}done