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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>.