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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 14:37:21 -0600
From: wayne <wayne AT reliant DOT immure DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Cygwin 'bell' not working
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Reply-To: Wayne Willcox <wayne AT reliant DOT immure DOT com>
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In-Reply-To: <20030401203527.89261.qmail@web12702.mail.yahoo.com>; from jdhedden@yahoo.com on Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 12:35:27PM -0800
X-Operating-System: FreeBSD reliant.immure.com 4.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE

For what is is worth it works on my cygwin system.

On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 12:35:27PM -0800, Jerry D. Hedden wrote:
> The following command is supposed to sound a 'bell', but does not
> produce any sound output on my machine:
> 
> echo -e '\a'
> 
> If I output a ^G using Window's echo command, I do get a beep.
> 
> I am not using X-Windows.  I am using Windows 'command prompt' window
> running bash.
> 
> Does Cygwin lack the ability to sound the computer's bell?  If not,
> what do I need to change to fix this?
> 
> =====
> Jerry D. Hedden - Author of MegaWiki for Palm-based handhelds
> http://www.palmgear.com/software/showsoftware.cfm?prodID=36156
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/megawiki/  and  http://www.megawiki.com
> << I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant. >>
> 
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