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acct(1M)

acctcms(1M)

acctcon(1M)

acctmerg(1M)

acctprc(1M)

cron(1M)

diskusg(1M)

fwtmp(1M)

runacct(1M)

acct(4)

utmp(4)

acctcom(1)

acct(2)



acctsh(1M)          UNIX System V(Job Accounting Utilities)          acctsh(1M)


NAME
      chargefee, ckpacct, dodisk, lastlogin, monacct, nulladm, prctmp, prdaily,
      prtacct, runacct, shutacct, startup, turnacct - shell procedures for
      accounting

SYNOPSIS
      /usr/lib/acct/chargefee login-name number

      /usr/lib/acct/ckpacct [blocks]

      /usr/lib/acct/dodisk [-o] [files ...]

      /usr/lib/acct/lastlogin

      /usr/lib/acct/monacct number

      /usr/lib/acct/nulladm file

      /usr/lib/acct/prctmp

      /usr/lib/acct/prdaily [-l] [-c] [ mmdd ]

      /usr/lib/acct/prtacct file [ "heading" ]

      /usr/lib/acct/runacct [mmdd] [mmdd state]

      /usr/lib/acct/shutacct [ "reason" ]

      /usr/lib/acct/startup

      /usr/lib/acct/turnacct on | off | switch

DESCRIPTION
      chargefee can be invoked to charge a number of units to login-name.  A
      record is written to /var/adm/fee, to be merged with other accounting
      records by runacct.

      ckpacct should be initiated via cron(1M) to periodically check the size
      of /var/adm/pacct.  If the size exceeds blocks, 1000 by default, turnacct
      will be invoked with argument switch.  If the number of free disk blocks
      in the /var file system falls below 500, ckpacct will automatically turn
      off the collection of process accounting records via the off argument to
      turnacct.  When at least 500 blocks are restored, the accounting will be
      activated again on the next invocation of ckpacct.  This feature is
      sensitive to the frequency at which ckpacct is executed, usually by cron.

      dodisk should be invoked by cron to perform the disk accounting
      functions.  By default, it will use diskusg (see diskusg(1M)) to do disk
      accounting on the S5 file system in /etc/vfstab and acctdusg [see
      acct(1M)] on non-s5 file systems.  If the -o flag is used, it will use
      acctdusg (see acct(1M)) to do a slower version of disk accounting by
      login directory for all file systems.  files specifies the one or more


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      filesystem names where disk accounting will be done.  If files are used,
      disk accounting will be done on these filesystems only.  If the -o flag
      is used, files should be mount points of mounted filesystems.  If the -o
      option is omitted, files should be the special file names of mountable
      filesystems.

      lastlogin is invoked by runacct to update /var/adm/acct/sum/loginlog,
      which shows the last date on which each person logged in.

      monacct should be invoked once each month or each accounting period.
      number indicates which month or period it is.  If number is not given, it
      defaults to the current month (01-12).  This default is useful if monacct
      is to executed via cron(1M) on the first day of each month.  monacct
      creates summary files in /var/adm/acct/fiscal and restarts the summary
      files in /var/adm/acct/sum.

      nulladm creates file with mode 664 and ensures that owner and group are
      adm.  It is called by various accounting shell procedures.

      prctmp can be used to print the session record file (normally
      /var/adm/acct/nite/ctmp created by acctcon1 (see acctcon(1M)).

      prdaily is invoked by runacct to format a report of the previous day's
      accounting data.  The report resides in /var/adm/acct/sum/rprt/mmdd where
      mmdd is the month and day of the report.  The current daily accounting
      reports may be printed by typing prdaily.  Previous days' accounting
      reports can be printed by using the mmdd option and specifying the exact
      report date desired.  The -l flag prints a report of exceptional usage by
      login id for the specified date.  Previous daily reports are cleaned up
      and therefore inaccessible after each invocation of monacct.  The -c flag
      prints a report of exceptional resource usage by command, and may be used
      on current day's accounting data only.

      prtacct can be used to format and print any total accounting (tacct)
      file.

      runacct performs the accumulation of connect, process, fee, and disk
      accounting on a daily basis.  It also creates summaries of command usage.
      For more information, see runacct(1M).

      shutacct is invoked during a system shutdown to turn process accounting
      off and append a "reason" record to /var/adm/wtmp.

      startup can be invoked when the system is brought to a multi-user state
      to turn process accounting on.

      turnacct is an interface to accton (see acct(1M)) to turn process
      accounting on or off.  The switch argument moves the current
      /var/adm/pacct to the next free name in /var/adm/pacctincr (where incr is
      a number starting with 1 and incrementing by one for each additional
      pacct file), then turns accounting back on again.  This procedure is
      called by ckpacct and thus can be taken care of by the cron and used to


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      keep pacct to a reasonable size.  shutacct uses turnacct to stop process
      accounting.  startup uses turnacct to start process accounting.

FILES
     /var/adm/fee      accumulator for fees

     /var/adm/pacct    current file for per-process accounting

     /var/adm/pacctincr
                        used if pacct gets large and during execution of daily
                        accounting procedure

     /var/adm/wtmp     login/logoff summary

     /usr/lib/acct/ptelus.awk
                        contains the limits for exceptional usage by login ID

     /usr/lib/acct/ptecms.awk
                        contains the limits for exceptional usage by command
                        name

     /var/adm/acct/nite
                        working directory

     /usr/lib/acct     holds all accounting commands listed in section 1M of
                        this manual

     /var/adm/acct/sum summary directory contains information for monacct

     var/adm/acct/fiscal
                        fiscal reports directory

SEE ALSO
      acct(1M), acctcms(1M), acctcon(1M), acctmerg(1M), acctprc(1M), cron(1M),
      diskusg(1M), fwtmp(1M), runacct(1M), acct(4), utmp(4)
      acctcom(1) in the User's Reference Manual
      acct(2) in the Programmer's Reference Manual

















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