On 0, Dan Jacobson <jidanni@deadspam.com> wrote: > How kind of you all to offer your "beep" and "ditty" solutions, I will > have to try them next time I break out the 8 woody CDs. > > However your suggestions of print(1) and echo(1) do not fill the bill > as I want a way to get the little speaker to beep due to #2: > 1. with standard tools > 2. from a batch script not connected to any terminal > 3. don't have to be root, however yes, a running X as a regular user > > Dan> I used to do the below, but now: > Dan> $ echo -e \\a > /dev/console > Dan> bash: /dev/console: Permission denied Do you mean something like this: --- thing.sh --- sleep 3 echo -e \\a --- thing.sh --- # nohup ./thing.sh & ? Tom -- Tom Cook Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide "If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight." - George Gobol Get my GPG public key: https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/~tkcook/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au
Attachment:
pgp3IuwLkavur.pgp
Description: PGP signature