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AC(8)			     System Manager's Manual			   AC(8)

NAME
     ac -- connect time accounting

SYNOPSIS
     ac [-dp] [-t tty] [-w wtmp] [users ...]

DESCRIPTION
     If  the  file /var/log/utx.log exists, a record of individual login and lo-
     gout times are written to it by login(1) and init(8), respectively.  The ac
     utility examines these records and writes the accumulated connect time  (in
     hours) for all logins to the standard output.

     The options are as follows:

     -d 	Display the connect times in 24 hour chunks.

     -p 	Print individual users' totals.

     -t tty	Only  do  accounting logins on certain ttys.  The tty specifica-
		tion can start with '!' to indicate not this tty  and  end  with
		'*' to indicate all similarly named ttys.  Multiple -t flags may
		be specified.

     -w wtmp	Read  connect  time  data from wtmp instead of the default file,
		/var/log/utx.log.

     users ...	Display totals for the given individuals only.

     If no arguments are given, ac displays the total connect time for	all  ac-
     counts with login sessions recorded in utx.log.

     The  default  utx.log  file  will increase without bound unless it is trun-
     cated.  It is normally truncated by the daily scripts run by cron(8), which
     rename and rotate the utx.log files, keeping a  week's  worth  of	data  on
     hand.  No login or connect time accounting is performed if /var/log/utx.log
     does not exist.

FILES
     /var/log/utx.log  connect time accounting file

EXIT STATUS
     The ac utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

EXAMPLES
     Allow  times  recorded in modems to be charged out at a different rate than
     other:

	   ac -p -t "ttyd*" > modems
	   ac -p -t "!ttyd*" > other

SEE ALSO
     login(1), getutxent(3), init(8), sa(8)

HISTORY
     An ac command appeared in Version 5 AT&T UNIX.   This  version  of  ac  was
     written for NetBSD 0.9A from the specification provided by various systems'
     manual pages.

FreeBSD ports 15.1		February 14, 2020			   AC(8)

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