On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 12:49 -0400, Rob wrote: > On Thursday 07 September 2006 09:50, Josh Lawrence wrote: > > He needs an audio application that will record for a specific > > amount of time, say, for 4 hours, without user intervention. > > rec 4hourrecording.wav & sleep 14400; killall -INTR rec > > ;) Suboptimal (requires OSS emulation). Better: arecord 4hourrecording.wav & sleep 14400; killall -INTR arecord NB: This will record 8 bit mono at 8000Hz. Use "arecord -f cd" for better quality. Lee