acctcon(1M)                                                     acctcon(1M)




 NAME    [Toc]    [Back]
      acctcon, acctcon1, acctcon2 - connect-time accounting

 SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]
      /usr/sbin/acct/acctcon [options]

      /usr/sbin/acct/acctcon1 [options]

      /usr/sbin/acct/acctcon2

 DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]
      The acctcon1 command converts a sequence of login/logoff records read
      from its standard input to a sequence of records, one per login
      session.  Its input should normally be redirected from /var/adm/wtmp
      or /var/adm/wtmps.  Its output is ASCII, giving device, user ID, login
      name, prime connect time (seconds), non-prime connect time (seconds),
      session starting time (numeric), and starting date and time.  Prime
      connect time is defined as the connect time within a specific prime
      period on a non-holiday weekday (Monday through Friday).  The starting
      and ending time of the prime period and the year's holidays are
      defined in file /etc/acct/holidays.

      acctcon2 expects as input a sequence of login session records,
      produced by acctcon1, and converts them into total accounting records
      (see tacct format in acct(4)).

      acctcon combines the functionality of acctcon1 and acctcon2 into one
      program.  It takes the same input format as acctcon1 and writes the
      same output as acctcon2.

      acctcon1 recognizes the following options:

           -p             Print input only, showing line name, login name,
                          and time (in both numeric and date/time formats).

           -t             acctcon1 maintains a list of lines on which users
                          are logged in.  When it reaches the end of its
                          input, it emits a session record for each line
                          that still appears to be active.  It normally
                          assumes that its input is a current file, so that
                          it uses the current time as the ending time for
                          each session still in progress.  The -t flag
                          causes it to use, instead, the last time found in
                          its input, thus ensuring reasonable and repeatable
                          numbers for non-current files.

      acctcon1 and acctcon recognize the following options:

           -l file        file is created to contain a summary of line usage
                          showing line name, number of minutes used,
                          percentage of total elapsed time used, number of



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 acctcon(1M)                                                     acctcon(1M)




                          sessions charged, number of logins, and number of
                          logoffs.  This file helps track line usage,
                          identify bad lines, and find software and hardware
                          oddities.  Hang-up, termination of login (see
                          login(1)), and termination of the login shell each
                          generate logoff records, so that the number of
                          logoffs is often three to four times the number of
                          sessions.  See init(1M) and utmp(4).

           -o file        file is filled with an overall record for the
                          accounting period, giving starting time, ending
                          time, number of reboots, and number of date
                          changes.

           -W             When this option is used, the records of the type
                          found in /var/adm/wtmps, are read from the
                          specified input.

 EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]
      These commands are typically used as shown below.  The file ctmp is
      created only for the use of commands described by the acctprc(1M)
      manual entry:

           acctcon1 -t -l lineuse -o reboots < wtmp | sort +1n +2 > ctmp
           acctcon2 < ctmp | acctmerg > ctacct

      or

           acctcon -t -l lineuse -o reboots < wtmp | acctmerg > ctacct

      With -W option:

           acctcon1 -W -t -l lineuse -o reboots < wtmps | sort +1n +2 > ctmp
           acctcon2 < ctmp | acctmerg > ctacct

      or

           acctcon -W -t -l lineuse -o reboots < wtmps | acctmerg > ctacct

 Note:
      The file wtmps can be either /var/adm/wtmps or a file containing
      records of the type found in /var/adm/wtmps.

 WARNINGS    [Toc]    [Back]
      The line usage report is confused by date changes.  Use wtmpfix (see
      fwtmp(1M)) to correct this situation.

 FILES    [Toc]    [Back]
      /var/adm/wtmp
      /var/adm/wtmps
      /etc/acct/holidays



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 acctcon(1M)                                                     acctcon(1M)




 SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]
      login(1), acct(1M), acctcms(1M), acctcom(1M), acctmerg(1M),
      acctprc(1M), acctsh(1M), fwtmp(1M), init(1M), utmpd(1M), runacct(1M),
      acct(2), getbwent(3C), acct(4), utmp(4).

 STANDARDS CONFORMANCE    [Toc]    [Back]
      acctcon1: SVID2, SVID3

      acctcon2: SVID2, SVID3


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