Re: Beep
*- On 23 Apr, Ookhoi wrote about "Re: Beep"
> Hi!
>
>> > > 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
>
> Yeah, but the disadvantage _is_ that it actualy writes something to your
> screen. I just want the sound. :-)
> But thanx of course!
>
> Groetjes, Ookhoi
>
>
You could play a wav or ulaw file. 'play /path/to/file.wav' would
work. This doesn't care about consoles or anything, as long as the
account that the command is run under has write access to the /dev/dsp
device you should be fine. This has the advantage of letting you
select the sound for easy descrimination between some other random
beep
--
Brian
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