You mean like...
@ping 127.0.0.1 -n 5 -w 1000 > nul
I learned that one a while ago seeing as their is no sleep command in batch.
And as far as archives go we try and not let them get too unruly sense...
1. Microsoft does not support running a archive from a network resource and...
2. If it gets to big, say bigger then 2GB, then it starts really acting up.
Thanks for your help!