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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> Jerry D. Hedden - Author of MegaWiki for Palm-based handhelds
> http://www.palmgear.com/software/showsoftware.cfm?prodID=36156
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/megawiki/ and http://www.megawiki.com
> << I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you
> realize that what you heard is not what I meant. >>
>
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