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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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