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- BEEP
-
-
- Description: Sounds a tone or a series of tones on the system's internal
- speaker. A tone consists of a frequency and a duration.
-
-
- Syntax: Version 3.0: BEEP
-
- Version 3.1: BEEP [/F(n)] [/D(n)] [/R(n)]
-
- Version 4.0: BEEP [/F(n)] [/D(n)] [/R(n)] [/W(n)]
- BEEP [(drive:)][(path)] (filespec)
-
- Parameters:
-
- (drive:) The single-letter specifier (A:, B:, C:, etc.) for the drive
- that contains the file you want to use. Follow the letter with
- a colon. The current drive is the default.
-
- (path) The full name (C:\WP\LETTERS) of the directory containing the
- file you want to use. The current directory for the designated
- drive is the default.
-
-
-
-
- (filespec) The name of the file containing tone values that BEEP can
- sound. Each line in the file can contain frequency (/F),
- duration (/D), repetition (/R), and wait (/W) specification
- parameters. Each line in the file can contain a comment;
- specify the beginning of a comment with a semicolon. See the
- example under BE BEEP <NUBEBEEP>.
-
- /D(n) Specifies the duration of the sound in eighteenths of a
- second; for example, /D18 sounds the frequency for one second.
- The number must be an integer. If you specify neither the /D
- parameter nor the /F parameter (see the following page), BEEP
- sounds the computer's default tone. If you specify /F without
- specifying /D, the frequency sounds for approximately one-half
- second (/D9).
-
- /F(n) Specifies the frequency of the sound in cycles per second. The
- number must be an integer. Middle C is approximately 262. See
- <NUFREQ> for an extensive list of frequencies. If you do not
- specify this parameter, BEEP sounds the computer's default
- frequency.
-
-
-
-
-
-
- /R(n) Specifies the number of times BEEP repeats the tone. The
- number must be a positive integer.
-
- /W(n) Specifies the wait period at the end of each tone in
- eighteenths of a second. The number must be a positive
- integer. Note that if you specify the /R parameter, no sound
- occurs during the wait period at the end of each repetition of
- the tone.
-
- Notes:
-
- The BEEP command has been incorporated into the BE (Batch Enhancer) utility
- in version 4.5.
-
- See: <NUBEBEEP>.
-