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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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