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Date:      Sat, 30 Jun 2001 14:02:26 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To:        parv <parv_@yahoo.com>
Cc:        f-q <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: why does the bell ring twice?
Message-ID:  <20010630140226.A3334@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010630134554.A5930@moo.holy.cow>
References:  <20010630134554.A5930@moo.holy.cow>

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In the last episode (Jun 30), parv said:
> can anybody enlighten me why do bash & ksh ring the bell twice
> instead of once?
>=20
> # echo =07 &
>=20
> second beep is produced when you press enter when new/clear shell
> prompt shows up.

Because when you background a job, the shell keeps track of it and
notifies you when the command completes.  Try running "echo test &",
and look at the "done" message.  That's where your second bepp is
coming from.

--=20
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@emsphone.com

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