accton(8) BSD System Manager's Manual accton(8)
NAME
accton -- enable/disable system accounting
SYNOPSIS
accton [acctfile]
DESCRIPTION
The accton utility is used for switching system accounting on or off. If
called with the argument acctfile, system accounting is enabled. The
acctfile specified must exist prior to starting system accounting, or
accton will return an error. A record of every process that is started
by the execve(2) system call and then later exits the system is stored in
acctfile. The sa(8) command may be used to examine the accounting
records. If no arguments are given, system accounting is disabled.
FILES
/var/account/acct default accounting file
SEE ALSO
lastcomm(1), acct(2), acct(5), sa(8)
BSD May 21, 1993 BSD
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