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brbrow 09-10-2003 11:48 AM

stupid queston "how to beep"
 
i need to make my slack to play a "beep" sound.... it's look like when i start my backup i want that slack play a beep 3 times... how do it????:Pengy:

windsok 09-10-2003 11:52 AM

http://www.frank-buss.de/beep/

thats the first result that come up on google for me, i tried it and it works.

m0rl0ck 09-10-2003 12:10 PM

Put this in your .bashrc

alias beep='echo -ne "\a";sleep 1'

source your .bashrc by typing:

. .bashrc

now whenever you type "beep" you get a beep.
Handy for knowing when a kernel compile finishes

brbrow 09-10-2003 02:05 PM

thanks i got lost looking for it all the day!!!!!!

another question "and if i want to turn the beep longer, is it possible???


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bruno

m0rl0ck 09-10-2003 11:30 PM

man xset look for the b option
you can vary volume, pitch and duration

brbrow 09-11-2003 07:39 AM

thanks !!!!!!:D

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bruno

brbrow 09-11-2003 08:48 AM

xset work only with X i want one that function with the cmdline!!!



:(

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bruno


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