[linux-audio-user] arecord question

[Hans]

wes schreiner wrote:

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