hansfong@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >Does anybody know how to override the -d switch used with arecord? I simply >want to start recording and exit when I want with ctrl+c. For now I have to >estimate the time I want to record and that is not always possible, hence >very difficult to set the -d switch. > >Greetings, > >Hans > > Well, arecord seems to do the right thing if one just sets -d longer than one expects to record, then hits Ctrl+C to stop. And by the right thing, I mean that if arecord needs to write a header, such as for a WAVE file, then it does indeed write the correct header before exiting. Doesn't it work that way for you? wes
