Accounting Files and Directories

Accounting Files and Directories

The directory /usr/lib/acct contains the programs and shell scripts necessary to run the accounting system. Process accounting uses a login (/var/adm) to perform certain tasks. /var/adm contains active data collection files used by the process accounting. Here is a description of the primary subdirectories in /var/adm:

/var/adm/acct/nite contains files that are reused daily by runacct.

/var/adm/acct/sum contains the cumulative summary files updated by runacct.

/var/adm/acct/fiscal contains periodic summary files created by monacct.