UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

i'm programming using C under UNIX. i wonder to how make sound using C ? any sound like "beep" would be fine. thx.

Code:

int main(int argc,char **argv) {
printf("%c",7);
return 0;
}

also see

Xlib Programming Manual: XBell

thanks... it worked. however, some questions.

1. i tried 8 and 6 instead of 7 but did not work. why ? what's magical about this 7 ? lucky 7 ?

2. (int argc, char **argv)......... what is this ?

3. the sound was like ... dong...dong... are there more sharp sounds ?

Find an ASCII table.

C programming 101

Refer to your terminal/emulation.

Did you try use '\a' i.e.:

Code:

printf("Something\a");

thanks...it still gives dong dong sound...not like sharp beep beep sound...maybe it's related to my laptop's(i'm using laptop to get connected to remote server) or the server's terminal settings.. which i've no ideas at all

So we're getting picky now?

A serial terminal normally has a single bell which it will sound on receipt of the ASCII bell character. The program has no control over this because all it sends is the bell character, what the terminal does with that is up to it.

XBell gives you a little more control on an X terminal, but not much more.