echo "\007"
maybe
echo -e "\007" # if you bash was braindeadedly compiled without
the --enable-usg-echo-default option
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Harris <sweh@spuddy.mew.co.uk>
Newsgroups: localnet.mail.linux.kernel
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Date: Wednesday, December 09, 1998 4:02 PM
Subject: Minor request for enhancement: "beep on halt"
>Sorry if this has been discussed, but there's so much in this list that I
>may have missed it..
>
>Nowadays a lot of Linux systems are used "headless" for single task jobs
>(eg mail relay, print server) where no console or backup is really
required.
>Occaisionally they need to be powered down, but without a console it's
really
>hard to tell when the kernel has halt'd. So how about the busy while(1);
>loop on halt having the ability to beep once a second (or whatever) so that
>the admin knows when the kernel has finally halted...
>
>Is this possible, or have all timers been killed by this stage?
>--
> Stephen Harris
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