how do i get my PC to "Beep"

[SaltyDuke]

hello

i'm writing a small Perl program for my SuSE Linux machine and would like to add in a feature where it makes the computer "beep" (using the internal speaker) at the user. i'm pretty sure there's a function in perl that will do this. anyone know what it is?

thanx in advance
TheSaltyDuke

 

[usige]

The easiest way is:

print "\a";

This actually prints a ctrl-G or Bell character.

Hope that helps.

 

[SaltyDuke]

i'll give it a go.

thanx a million usige!!!

 

[arcnon]

unix
system("beep"
windows
#include <windows.h>
void main()
{
   for( int i=0; i<10; i++)
   {
       MessageBeep(MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);
       Sleep(200);
   }
}

 

[SaltyDuke]

thanx arcnon!