From: Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 09:51:45 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Describe what happens if aplay's --duration is zero
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Describe what happens if aplay's --duration is zero

Signed-off-by: Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>
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diff --git a/aplay/aplay.1 b/aplay/aplay.1
index d73af83..6dead6f 100644
--- a/aplay/aplay.1
+++ b/aplay/aplay.1
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ There are also two format shortcuts available:
 Sampling rate in Hertz.
 .TP
 \fI-d, --duration=#\fP
-Interrupt after # seconds
+Interrupt after # seconds.
+A value of zero means infinity.
+The default is zero, so if this option is omitted then the arecord process will run until it is killed.
 .TP
 \fI-s, --sleep-min=#\fP
 Min ticks to sleep