Adding beep functionality

[john doe]

I would like to request that the command beep is added.
The command lets you use the internal speaker to make "beep" sounds.
Great to notify yourself when big jobs are finished(like partimage).
I'm no expert but I think it is a relative small program.
The program itself is 12K and it requires only these tree files:
$ ldd /usr/bin/beep
linux-gate.so.1 => (0x00110000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x0080d000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x007ee000)

[Patrick Verner]

It's already there is 4.4. Find a WAV file that you like and play it with aplay. Example:

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aplay keyboardcat.wav

This should be better than what you were asking for, right?

[john doe]

Does "aplay" use the internal speaker?
There isn't all ways external speakers available where i use pmagic.
And you need to have a .wav file to make sound.

[Patrick Verner]

Okay, I'll look into it. I was looking at the new unstable busybox and it's actually has a new 'beep' app.

I run Slackware and there isn't a beep program installed by default. I'll track it down and see if I can compile it from source. I'm not sure but I might have to recompile the kernel to add the beep driver.

[Patrick Verner]

I installed beep and added pc speaker support. Give it a try.

http://beefdrapes.partedmagic.com

[john doe]

This works perfectly!
Thank you ever so much. Now I can leave the computer alone and it will tell me when it is done:-)

To everybody else who reads this post and are wondering how to use beep:

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cp Big_File1 Big_File2 ; beep -r 50

*When copying is done; beep will make the internal speaker beep 50 times.

[Patrick Verner]

Thanks for the testing.

[ametedinov]

How can this beeping be disabled permanently? It is really annoying me.

[Patrick Verner]

How can this beeping be disabled permanently? It is really annoying me.

What are talking about? I'm starting to think you are a bit off your rocker.

[ametedinov]

In previous versions of PartedMagic there was no system beep functionality. Now however, whenever I go to "Run" for example and press the "backspace" key my loud system speaker would make an annoying beep. How can this "new" system beep functionality be disabled, just like it was in the old days.