Re: Cygwin 'bell' not working

[wayne <wayne at reliant dot immure dot com>]

For what is is worth it works on my cygwin system.

On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 12:35:27PM -0800, Jerry D. Hedden wrote:
> The following command is supposed to sound a 'bell', but does not
> produce any sound output on my machine:
> 
> echo -e '\a'
> 
> If I output a ^G using Window's echo command, I do get a beep.
> 
> I am not using X-Windows.  I am using Windows 'command prompt' window
> running bash.
> 
> Does Cygwin lack the ability to sound the computer's bell?  If not,
> what do I need to change to fix this?
> 
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