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Diffstat (limited to 'misc/beep/slack-desc')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/misc/beep/slack-desc b/misc/beep/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..27266c8028 --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/beep/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +beep: beep does exactly what you would expect: it beeps. +beep: +beep: Unlike printf("\a"), beep allows you to control pitch, duration, and +beep: repetitions. Its job is to live inside shell/perl scripts and allow more +beep: granularity than one would otherwise have. It is controlled completely +beep: through command line options. It's not supposed to be complex, and it +beep: isn't - but it makes system monitoring (or whatever else it gets hacked +beep: onto) that much more informative. +beep: +beep: You may need to set beep executable suid. +beep: |