You use cron for scheduling.
You could do "crontab -e" to edit the cron file then add an entry like:
0 * * * * tput bel >/dev/console
The above tells cron to execute the command on every hour of every day.
"tput bel" sounds a beep and redirecting to the console makes it do the one on your PC.
You could redirect it to your terminal if not at the console but since this may not always be on or you may be on a different terminal each time this could be a problem.
You can also try it with audio sound files. Do "find / -name *.au" You can try doing a cat of one of those to your audio device for example:
0 * * * * cat /usr/java/jdk1.3.1_15/demo/applets/Animator/audio/8.au >/dev/audio
Before adding to crontab just try the command (without the 0 * * * *) at your command line.
Also it may be to short a sound for you. You could script it to do the sound multiple times to make it a little longer - for example:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
CNT=0
until [ $CNT -eq 5 ]
do tput bel >/dev/console
CNT=`expr $CNT +1`
done
Would make it do the sound 5 times then stop.
