NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       acct - execution accounting file

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       #include <sys/acct.h>

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  kernel  maintains an accounting information structure for all processes.
 If a process terminates, and accounting is enabled, the	kernel
       calls  the  acct(2)  function to prepare, and then append, a record for
       this process to the accounting file. The  accounting  structure	struct
       acct is also described in the file /usr/include/linux/acct.h.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       acct(2), sa(1)



Debian GNU/Linux		  1995-10-31			       ACCT(5)