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| ef8ad44b | 1 | .\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/accton/accton.8,v 1.13 2004/04/16 09:31:17 brueffer Exp $ |
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| ef8ad44b | 3 | .Dd May 21, 1993 |
| 34d340d7 | 4 | .Dt ACCTON 8 |
| ef8ad44b | 5 | .Os |
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6 | .Sh NAME |
| 7 | .Nm accton | |
| 8 | .Nd enable/disable system accounting | |
| 9 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
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10 | .Nm |
| 11 | .Op Ar acctfile | |
| 34d340d7 | 12 | .Sh DESCRIPTION |
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13 | The |
| 14 | .Nm | |
| 15 | utility is used | |
| 16 | for switching system accounting on or off. | |
| 17 | If called with the argument | |
| 18 | .Ar acctfile , | |
| 19 | system accounting is enabled. | |
| 20 | The | |
| 21 | .Ar acctfile | |
| 22 | specified must exist prior to starting system accounting, or | |
| 23 | .Nm | |
| 24 | will return an error. | |
| 25 | A record of every process that is started by the | |
| 26 | .Xr execve 2 | |
| 27 | system call and then later exits the system is stored in | |
| 28 | .Ar acctfile . | |
| 29 | The | |
| 30 | .Xr sa 8 | |
| 31 | command may be used to examine the accounting records. | |
| 32 | If no arguments are given, system accounting is disabled. | |
| 33 | .Sh FILES | |
| 34 | .Bl -tag -width /var/account/acct | |
| 35 | .It Pa /var/account/acct | |
| 36 | default accounting file | |
| 37 | .El | |
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38 | .Sh SEE ALSO |
| 39 | .Xr lastcomm 1 , | |
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40 | .Xr acct 2 , |
| 41 | .Xr acct 5 , | |
| 42 | .Xr sa 8 |