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

NAME
     accton -- enable/disable system accounting

SYNOPSIS
     accton [acctfile]

DESCRIPTION
     The  accton  command is used for switching system accounting on or off.  If
     called with the argument acctfile,  system  accounting  is  enabled  and  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, sys-
     tem accounting is disabled.

FILES
     /var/account/acct	default accounting file

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

FreeBSD 4.7			  May 21, 1993			       ACCTON(8)

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