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Date:      Sat, 09 Jan 1999 21:17:21 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: beep, beep, beep! 
Message-ID:  <199901100517.VAA03360@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 09 Jan 1999 14:03:33 %2B0900." <3696E325.5590B6C6@newsguy.com> 

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> > probably translates \a correctly (I haven't looked), so it would have
> > to be:
> > 
> >         echo "\a\a\a"
> 
> Well, THAT wouldn't help (see kern/9397). The only thing quotes
> preserve is the space, and it wouldn't have helped anyway, since the
> backslashes are removed before any other processing is done.

Hmm.  I'm presuming you tested that patch.  It's generally considered 
good manners not to include reverse diffs in your PRs though. 8)

Fixed and closed, and thanks.

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