                                    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>. 
