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kbd(4S)

CLICK(1)  —  USER COMMANDS

NAME

click − enable or disable the keyboard’s keystroke click

SYNOPSIS

click [ −y ] [ −n ] [ −d keyboard-device ]

DESCRIPTION

Change the setting of the audible keyboard click.  The default is no keyboard click.  If you want to turn clicking on then a good place to do it is in /etc/rc.local. 

Only keyboards that support a clicker respond to this command. 

OPTIONS

−y Yes, enable clicking. 

−n No, disable clicking. 

−d keyboard-device
Specify the keyboard device being set.  The default is /dev/kbd. 

FILES

/etc/rc.local

/dev/kbd

SEE ALSO

kbd(4S)

DIAGNOSTICS

A short help message is printed if an unknown flag is specified or if the −d switch is used and the keyboard device name is not supplied.  A diagnostic is printed if the keyboard device name can’t be opened or is not a keyboard type device. 

BUGS

There is no way to determine the state of the keyboard click setting. 

Solbourne Computer, Inc.  —  8 January 1991

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