System beep in C++

[Mandrel]

What different functions are available to get a system beep? I did a 'man beep' and that page says to use 'int beep(void)' in curses.h. When I compile using this function, I get an error saying "undefined reference to 'beep' ". I'm guessing it has something to do with the void that is passed in. Is this right? If so, how do I pass in a void?

One more question for ya....I wrote a small life simulation that uses an infinite loop to keep the simulation running. How can I stop the loop by hitting a key on the keyboard, instead of using Control+C to kill it?

Thanks for the help!

[hungarian]

The alarm is:

cout << "\a\n";

\a represents the system beep in C++



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[Mandrel]

Sweet! That did it. I knew that, but didn't even think about using it....

Any help on the while loop?

[Mandrel]

By the way, is there any way to change the volume of the system speaker? I'm using an AMD K6-2 450, Epox MB, if that make a difference...

Thanks again...

[YaRness]

apparently there's a beep.h that lets you do durations and pitches. i'm not sure if it's included in linux or if you have to download, but it's out there somewhere. (http://www.google.com/search?q=beep.h)

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[Phuzon]

#include <curses.h>

void main(void) {
beep();
}

save as as beep.c
compile with gcc -obeep beep.c -lcurses