ACCT
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)
Updated: 10 August 1993
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NAME
acct - switch process accounting on or off
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
int acct(const char *filename);
DESCRIPTION
WARNING:
Since this function is not implemented as of Linux 0.99.11, it will always
return -1 and set
errno
to
ENOSYS.
If acctkit is installed the function performs 'as
advertised'.
When called with the name of an existing file as argument, accounting is
turned on, records for each terminating process are appended to
filename as it terminates. An argument of NULL causes
accounting to be turned off.
RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and
errno
is set appropriately.
NOTES
No accounting is produced for programs running when a crash occurs. In
particular, nonterminating processes are never accounted for.
SEE ALSO
acct(5)
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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