Alexandre Ratchov wrote: > On Thu, Mar 05, 2015 at 09:39:17AM -0800, Robin _ wrote: >> does anyone know of a readymade open source program for 24/7/365 >> logging? > > AFAICS, any program recording raw samples could do the job > (arecord, sox, etc...) > > The problem is how to always keep available space on the > filesystem. The simpler option would to record to a unix pipe and > then store data into 1-day long files without closing the pipe (for > instance with the dd utility). Then, from time to time move old > files away to free space. arecord automatically creates a new file when the old file becomes too big (2 GB for .wav) or exceeds the length specified with the --max-file-time option. Regards, Clemens ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
