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

NAME
     accton -- enable/disable system accounting

SYNOPSIS
     accton [acctfile]

DESCRIPTION
     The  accton  utility is used for switching system accounting on or off.  If
     called with the argument  acctfile,  system  accounting  is  enabled.   The
     acctfile  specified  must	exist  prior  to  starting system accounting, or
     accton will return an error.  A record of every process that is started  by
     the  execve(2)  system  call  and	then later exits the system is stored in
     acctfile.	The sa(8) command may be used to examine the accounting records.
     If no arguments are given, system accounting is disabled.

FILES
     /var/account/acct	default accounting file

SEE ALSO
     lastcomm(1), acct(2), acct(5), sa(8)

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	  May 21, 1993			       ACCTON(8)

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