char *esd_record_sound(int len, int rate_hz, int channelsd, int formatd) {

/*

	int nread=-1;

	function: esd_record_sound

	char rbuf[ESD_BUF_SIZE];   /* ESD_BUF_SIZE */

		rewritten for bug fixes and concise-ness 

	char *rbuf2=rbuf;

		by Marvin Otto - sivunguvungu at cox.net

	char buffer[len+1];

		on 9 April 2005.

	char *buffer_d=buffer;

	int cursor=1;

	output: returns a pointer to allocated memory or NULL if error

	int copyi;

				be sure to free it when finished.

	int space_left; 

*/

	/* FILE *target; */

char *esd_record_sound(int len, int rate_hz, int channelsd, int formatd) {

	space_left=len-cursor;

	char *buffer = NULL;

	int cursor = 0;

		buffer = malloc(len + 1);

		/* target = fopen( "aggy.raw", "w" );  */

		memset(buffer, 0, len + 1); // ZeroMemory

		sprintf(buffer,"%s","");

		while (space_left>0) {

		while (!stop_recording && (cursor += record(buffer + cursor, len - cursor)) < len)

			nread=record(rbuf,ESD_BUF_SIZE);

			if (! nread) {break;}

			copyi=nread;			

			if (copyi>space_left) {copyi=space_left;}

			/* fwrite( buf2, 1, nread, target );  */

			strncat(buffer,rbuf,copyi);

			cursor=cursor+copyi;

			space_left=len-cursor;  

			if (stop_recording==1) {break;}

	}

									      }

		/* fclose(target);  */

									   												} else {return NULL; }

	return buffer_d;

	return buffer;

		if (strlen(recorded)>=4096) {

	//	if (strlen(recorded)>=4096) {

				owritten=fwrite(recorded, 1, strlen(recorded), ofile);

				//owritten=fwrite(recorded, 1, strlen(recorded), ofile);

				owritten=fwrite(recorded, 1, ilen, ofile);

				if (owritten==strlen(recorded)) {

				//if (owritten==strlen(recorded)) {

				if (owritten==ilen){

													 			    }

				}

						  }

			}

	//	}

											  		  }

		free(recorded);

	}

								  }