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Date:      Wed, 19 Nov 1997 12:56:16 +0100
From:      j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        cao@bus.net (Chuck O'Donnell)
Subject:   Re: /dev/speaker
Message-ID:  <19971119125616.CS64559@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971114201128.6456A-100000@localhost>; from Tim Vanderhoek on Nov 14, 1997 20:12:45 -0500
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971113113852.491A-100000@trojanhorse.ml.org> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971114201128.6456A-100000@localhost>

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As Tim Vanderhoek wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Jamil J. Weatherbee wrote:
> 
> > printf "\a"
>               > /dev/console
> 
> with appropriate privs, of course.

/dev/console is a poor choice, it could be a serial console,
redirected to an xconsole, or dropped entirely.  /dev/ttyv0 is a
better choice.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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