[linux-audio-user] arecord question

[wes schreiner]

hansfong at zonnet.nl 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