What's the buzzz
Keywords: buzzz, dragonfly, bumblebee

29 Feb 2000 buzzz 1.00

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NAME
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SYNOPSIS
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DESCRIPTION
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OPTIONS
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FILES
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ENVIRONMENT
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DIAGNOSTICS
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BUGS
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AUTHOR
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HISTORY
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SEE ALSO

## NAME

buzzz — go buzzz.

## SYNOPSIS

buzzz -l i (loudness) -d f (duration) [-f f (frequency)] [--dragonfly (dragon style)] [--bumblebee (bumble style)] [--disk (computer style)] [-style (some style)] [--scan (scan mode)] [-sd i (scan duration)] <file.bzz|dir> (tune source)

## DESCRIPTION

buzzz buzzes. It can do so in different styles, at different base frequencies, and at different volumes. See the OPTIONS section for a description of all options.

The -l loudness and -d duration options are both mandatory. The last argument given must be a file containing the tune to buzz, or a directory containing such tune files. The tune must be contained in an interval of at most five tones. Non-conforming tunes may damage your soundcard.

## OPTIONS

-f f (frequency)

Frequency in Hertz, can be specified as a positive real number.

-l i (loudness)

Loudness, which is specified as an integer inbetween 0 and 100.

-d f (duration)

Duration in hours, can be specified as a positive real.

The following options are discussed as a group:
--dragonfly (dragon style)
--bumblebee (bumble style)
--disk (computer style)
--mosquito (sting style)

These are unary options specifying the style in which to buzz.

-style str (buzz style)

str should be one of `bumblebee`, `dragonfly`, `mosquito`, or `disk`.

--scan (scan mode)

This will buzz 10 seconds for each tune specified. Refer also to the -sd option.

-sd i (scan duration)

Sets the scan time in (an integer number of) seconds. This affects the --scan option.

## FILES

/etc/zoem/foriamzoem.bzz contains the zoem jingle.
/etc/zoem/zoem.ascii-art contains zoem related ascii art. An excerpt is shown below.

    .-----------------------------.
    |                             |
    |                  _ " _      |
    |     (\"/)       (_\|/_)     |
    |     (/|\)       (_/|\_)     |
    |       |            |        |
    |             ()     |        |
    |          -----%             |
    |             ()              |
    |                          ejm|
    .-----------------------------.

## ENVIRONMENT

Currently, no environmental issues with buzzz.

## DIAGNOSTICS

If the tune spans an interval larger than 5 tones, buzzz will emit little beeps. If the interval exceeds an octave, buzzz will fork and exec bell.

## BUGS

Some do.

## AUTHOR

Bugs Bunny.

## HISTORY

repeats itself, especially from a buzzing point of view. Refer to [1] for an in-depth analysis. A different point of view is presented in [2].

## SEE ALSO

The bell(1) manual.

On the www it is difficult to show a manual page as compiled for rendering in a terminal, but one can view a manual page as compiled for rendering by a postscript interpreter. Lo and behold buzzz.ps.

[1] Bugs Bunny. Foo Bar. A history of making, maintenance, repair, and disposal.

[2] Donald Duck. The futile mistake, and how it changes my life every day.