accton.tproj/accton.8

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  29 .Dd October 18, 1993
  30 .Dt ACCTON 8
  31 .Os BSD 4
  32 .Sh NAME
  33 .Nm accton
  34 .Nd enable/disable system accounting
  35 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  36 .Nm accton
  37 .Op Ar file
  38 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  39 With an argument naming an existing
  40 .Ar file ,
  41 .Nm accton
  42 causes system accounting information for every process executed
  43 to be placed at the end of the file.  If no argument is given,
  44 accounting is turned off.
  45 .Sh SEE ALSO
  46 .Xr lastcomm 1 ,
  47 .Xr acct 5
  48 .Sh HISTORY
  49 The
  50 .Nm accton
  51 command has existed nearly forever, but this man page is new.