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From: Lee Johnston <ljohnston@cyberworld.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: How do I play .au sound file?
In-Reply-To: <3536FE9E.ECD49BEE@ms11.hinet.net> from Doug Lo at "Apr 17, 98 03:02:54 pm"
To: jwlo@ms11.hinet.net (Doug Lo)
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 12:45:17 +0100 (BST)
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> > at the shell prompt, type:
> > cat file.au > /dev/audio
> 
> Hi,
> 
> In fact, I tried it, but it didn't work. I can't figure out what's the
> problem.

Have you made the device nodes for the sound card in /dev.

To do this,

cd /dev
./MAKEDEV snd0

Regards,
Lee.

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