/****************************************************************************** ** ** beep.c -- Makes system beeps. ** Chris J, Oct 2004; cej@nightwolf.org.uk ** ** BUILD/INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS: ** 1. gcc -O2 -Wall -W beep.c -o beep ** 2. strip beep ** 3. Copy 'beep' to /bin or /sbin ** 4. chmod 755 /bin/beep (or /sbin/beep) ** ** USING: ** 1. With no parameters, makes a single 'beep' ** 2. With parameters, makes multiple beeps sleeping between each one: ** beep 200 400 1000 200 ** Makes five beeps, with pauses of 200, 400, 1000 and 200 milliseconds ** respectively. ** ******************************************************************************/ #include #include #include int main (int argc, char **argv) { int i; if (argc == 1) { putchar ('\007'); } else { for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) { putchar ('\007'); fflush(stdout); usleep ((atoi(argv[i]) == 0 ? 1 : atoi(argv[i])) * 1000); } putchar ('\007'); fflush(stdout); } return 0; }