gene heskett wrote: > Greetings; > > odd request: > > Somewhere, for some unk reason, there is a sound file file that plays at > max volume, usually around 2 AM or slightly later, that is very similar > to the 40 yo doorbell in this house. A bing-bong sound that differs from > the real doorbell by maybe 5hz in pitch. Wakes me up, spoiling a good > nights sleep, maybe a dozen times a year an apparently random dates. > > To aid in finding it, what extension might that file be carrying to > indicate its a .snd fle, which according to grep on ls -lR's output, > does not exist in the thousands of files under hundreds of random names. > > This file that sounds exactly like my doorbell has existed on my > 24/7/365.25 on main system for at least 20 years. I'd like to A. find > it, B. find what condition uses it, fix the condition, or even delete it. > > How can I best do that? updatedb, followed by locate door or locate bell > reports nothing. > > There are now 2 different PIR based devices watching that doorbell > button, which trigger on the neighbors cat walking by but remain silent > when this sound jacks me up in the middle of the night. > > Any help in finding this will be hugely appreciated.
perhaps a desktop sound? i hate noises so i turn them off. see if you have any enabled and if so check them all to see what they sound like. if a file does not have an extension you can still use the file command to see if it can figure out what it is. good luck, songbird
