[CS-FSLUG] set awarning when finished?

[davidm at hisfeet.net]

Thamks, Mark.

Although I mention ed Windows, I hardly use it anymore. I feel much more
comfortable in Linux, so I'm really looking for something that I can use
in Linux. I rather think that when I find it, it will be a command line
tool, but that's just fine provided it's not too complicated.
Dave

> Have you looked at Growl for Windows? It's probably a sledgehammer where a
> ball peen would do. One web site there is a list of applications that use
> growl for visual and audiable notifications. And it comes with a comand
> line tool, growlnotify, that can be called from batch/command files.
>
> Mark
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> On Jun 17, 2011, at 14:52, davidm at hisfeet.net wrote:
>
>> Before Windows existed (in DOS) I used to be able to tell the computer
>> to
>> ring a bell several times when it got done with a job.
>>
>> I there some way to set windows so that when it finishes some lengthy
>> job
>> unsupervised it will give me an audible advisory that the job is
>> finished?
>>
>> I'm thinking of (for instance) a long download, or converting several
>> different formats of short movies and making an iso out of it for a DVD.
>>
>> These are jobs that take long enough.  I'd like to go get a cup of
>> coffee,or take a bath, or eat, etc.  But it would be nice if the
>> computer
>> would inform me when it has done it's job.
>>
>> A few programs have it built in (eg. K3B) but many don't.
>>
>> any suggestions?
>>
>>
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