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diff --git a/misc/beep/README b/misc/beep/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..f78c1af8fd213 --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/beep/README @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +beep does exactly what you would expect: it beeps. + +Unlike printf("\a"), beep allows you to control pitch, duration, and +repetitions. Its job is to live inside shell/perl scripts and allow more +granularity than one would otherwise have. It is controlled completely +through command line options. It's not supposed to be complex, and it +isn't - but it makes system monitoring (or whatever else it gets hacked +onto) that much more informative. + +You may need to set beep executable suid; thre are potential security +issues with doing so, but the beep source code is very small and easily +auditable, and you won't get a lot of use of it unless it's suid, but +that's your call. See the SlackBuild script for the proper variable to +change if you want to install it suid. + |