NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     accton -- enable/disable system accounting

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     accton [acctfile]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The accton utility is used for switching system accounting on or off.  If
     called with the argument acctfile, system accounting is enabled and 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    [Toc]    [Back]

     /var/account/acct	default accounting file

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     lastcomm(1), acct(2), sa(8)


FreeBSD 5.2.1			 May 21, 1993			 FreeBSD 5.2.1