Re: Beep
> > How to make beep?
> > I don't want to do peintf "\a" but i have a process which has no controlling
> > terminal (from atd/cron)
Ookhoi:
> I just echo \a to /dev/tty8 It doesn't bother me there, and it makes a
> beeb (from out of a .procmailrc :-)
You could also use the "wall" command - it notifies all logged-in users.
Advantages:
* also displays a message
* notifies people even over telnet etc
Disadvantages:
* distracting message presented to users
* does nothing if no-one is logged in
It's in the bsdutils package.
HTH
Jiri
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