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hansfong@zonnet.nl wrote:
>Does anybody know how to override the -d switch used with arecord? I simply

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>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