accton.tproj/accton.8

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   3 .Dd May 21, 1993
   4 .Dt ACCTON 8
   5 .Os
   6 .Sh NAME
   7 .Nm accton
   8 .Nd enable/disable system accounting
   9 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  10 .Nm
  11 .Op Ar acctfile
  12 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  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
  38 .Sh SEE ALSO
  39 .Xr lastcomm 1 ,
  40 .Xr acct 2 ,
  41 .Xr acct 5 ,
  42 .Xr sa 8