summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/misc/beep/slack-desc
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorgnubien <resident@scrapshells.com>2010-05-11 15:00:13 +0200
committerAlan Hicks <alan@lizella.net>2010-05-11 15:00:13 +0200
commit4e66159b1201063154b6a19bccbfa549a093d4ec (patch)
treedf4ed321814e6391de8b02c27e6296af770e5d52 /misc/beep/slack-desc
parent02eb929d0aaa68cdd75649749a21c343b676ce17 (diff)
downloadslackbuilds-4e66159b1201063154b6a19bccbfa549a093d4ec.tar.gz
misc/beep: Initial import
Diffstat (limited to 'misc/beep/slack-desc')
-rw-r--r--misc/beep/slack-desc11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/misc/beep/slack-desc b/misc/beep/slack-desc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27266c8028
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/beep/slack-desc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+beep: beep does exactly what you would expect: it beeps.
+beep:
+beep: Unlike printf("\a"), beep allows you to control pitch, duration, and
+beep: repetitions. Its job is to live inside shell/perl scripts and allow more
+beep: granularity than one would otherwise have. It is controlled completely
+beep: through command line options. It's not supposed to be complex, and it
+beep: isn't - but it makes system monitoring (or whatever else it gets hacked
+beep: onto) that much more informative.
+beep:
+beep: You may need to set beep executable suid.
+beep: