wes schreiner wrote: > 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 > It works. I'll make a bash alias then, because for me the -d switch is unnecessary. Thanks. --Hans
