[TriLUG] Dumb Question: Terminal Beep Command

Dan Monjar dan at daijin.dissimulo.com
Thu Feb 17 13:04:21 EST 2005


Brian Henning wrote:
> % some_long_running_process ; beep ;
> 
> So that I'll get an audible indication when my task is done (in this 
> case, blanking a CD-RW).
> 
> Cheers!
> ~Brian

OK, not what you asked... but I do this with cdrecord and put an 
'-eject' on the command line.  The noise of the drive opening let's me 
know something is finished.

-- 
Dan Monjar



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