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23.Dd July 30, 2007
24.Dt AUDITCTL 2
25.Os Darwin
26.Sh NAME
27.Nm auditctl
28.Nd specify a new file for the audit trail to log to
29.Sh SYNOPSIS
30.Fd #include <bsm/audit.h>
31.Ft int
32.Fn auditctl "const char * path"
33.Sh DESCRIPTION
34The
35.Fn auditctl
36function directs the kernel to begin writing the global audit trail to the
37specified to the file specified by
38.Fa path .
39Specifying a
40.Fa path
41of NULL will tell the system to stop writing to the audit trail, without
42disabling audit. To begin writing to a file again, simply pass another
43path.
44.Sh RETURN VALUES
45Upon successful completion a value of 0 is returned.
46Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and
47.Va errno
48is set to indicate the error.
49.Sh SEE ALSO
50.Xr audit 2 ,
51.Xr auditon 2 ,
52.Xr getauid 2 ,
53.Xr setauid 2 ,
54.Xr getaudit 2 ,
55.Xr setaudit 2
56.Sh HISTORY
57The
58.Fn auditctl
59function call first appeared in Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther).