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ACCT(2)             UNIX Programmer's Manual              ACCT(2)



NAME
     acct - turn accounting on or off

SYNOPSIS
     acct(file)
     char *file;

DESCRIPTION
     The system is prepared to write a record in an accounting
     _f_i_l_e for each process as it terminates.  This call, with a
     null-terminated string naming an existing file as argument,
     turns on accounting; records for each terminating process
     are appended to _f_i_l_e.  An argument of 0 causes accounting to
     be turned off.

     The accounting file format is given in _a_c_c_t(5).

SEE ALSO
     acct(5), sa(8)

DIAGNOSTICS
     On error -1 is returned.  The file must exist and the call
     may be exercised only by the super-user.  It is erroneous to
     try to turn on accounting when it is already on.

BUGS
     No accounting is produced for programs running when a crash
     occurs.  In particular nonterminating programs are never
     accounted for.

ASSEMBLER (PDP-11)
     (acct = 51.)
     sys acct; file






















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