Messages in this thread | | | From | (Miquel van Smoorenburg) | Subject | Re: Minor request for enhancement: "beep on halt" | Date | 14 Dec 1998 16:46:57 +0100 |
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In article <cistron.199812141258.XAA04635@vindaloo.atnf.CSIRO.AU>, Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au> wrote: >Miquel van Smoorenburg writes: >> The only thing you cannot do is beep in an endless loop, but you can >> beep 4 times and then call halt. > >Why the limitation?
Well once you call halt(2) [1], it's kind of hard to continue running isn't it ... or you should just not call halt(2), it doesn't do much anyway.
[1] actually reboot(2) with the right options
Mike. -- Indifference will certainly be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
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