.\" @(#)acct.5 6.2 (Berkeley) 5/19/86 .\" .TH ACCT 5 "May 19, 1986" .AT 3 .SH NAME acct \- execution accounting file .SH SYNOPSIS .B #include <sys/acct.h> .SH DESCRIPTION The .IR acct (2) system call arranges for entries to be made in an accounting file for each process that terminates. The accounting file is a sequence of entries whose layout, as defined by the include file is: .PP .nf .ta \w'typedef 'u +\w'ACOMPAT 'u +\w'ac_comm[10]; 'u .so /usr/include/sys/acct.h .fi .PP If the process was created by an .IR execve (2), the first 10 characters of the filename appear in .I ac_comm. The accounting flag contains bits indicating whether .IR execve (2) was ever accomplished, and whether the process ever had super-user privileges. .SH SEE ALSO acct(2), execve(2), sa(8)