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ACCTON(8) System Manager's Manual ACCTON(8)

NAME

accton - turns process accounting on or off

SYNOPSIS

[ -V | --version ] [ -h | --help ] [ filename ]

DESCRIPTION

accton filename turns on process accounting. If called with no arguments, it will, by default, stop process accounting.

OPTIONS

Print the version number of ac to standard output and quit.
Prints the usage string and default locations of system files to standard output and exits.

FILES

The system wide process accounting file. See acct(5) (or pacct(5)) for further details.

AUTHOR

The GNU accounting utilities were written by Noel Cragg <noel@gnu.ai.mit.edu>. The man page was adapted from the accounting texinfo page by Susan Kleinmann <sgk@sgk.tiac.net>.

SEE ALSO

acct(5), ac(8)

1995 October 31