runacct(1M)                                                     runacct(1M)

NAME
     runacct - run daily accounting

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

DESCRIPTION
     runacct is the main daily accounting shell procedure. It is normally
     initiated via cron. runacct processes connect, fee, disk, and process
     accounting files. It also prepares summary files for prdaily or bil-
     ling purposes.

     runacct takes care not to damage active accounting files or summary
     files in the event of errors. It records its progress by writing
     descriptive diagnostic messages into active. When an error is
     detected, a message is written to /dev/console, mail [see mail(1)] is
     sent to root and adm, and runacct terminates. runacct uses a series of
     lock files to protect against re-invocation. The files lock and lock1
     are used to prevent simultaneous invocation, and lastdate is used to
     prevent more than one invocation per day.

     runacct breaks its processing into separate, restartable states using
     statefile to remember the last state completed. It accomplishes this
     by writing the state name into statefile. runacct then looks in
     statefile to see what it has done and to determine what to process
     next. states are executed in the following order:

     SETUP          Move active accounting files into working files.

     WTMPFIX        Verify integrity of wtmp file, correcting date changes
                    if necessary.

     CONNECT        Produce connect session records in binary format.

     PROCESS        Convert process accounting records into binary format.

     MERGE          Merge the connect and process accounting records.

     FEES           Convert output of chargefee into binary format and
                    merge with connect and process accounting records.

     DISK           Merge disk accounting records with connect, process,
                    and fee accounting records.

     MERGETACCT     Merge the daily total accounting records in daytacct
                    with the summary total accounting records in
                    /var/adm/acct/sum/tacct.

     CMS            Produce command summaries.

     USEREXIT       Any installation dependent accounting programs can be
                    included here.



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     CLEANUP        Clean up temporary files and exit.

     To restart runacct after a failure, first check the active file for
     diagnostics, then fix any corrupted data files, such as pacct or wtmp.
     The lock, lock1, and lastdate files must be removed before runacct can
     be restarted. The argument mmdd is necessary if runacct is being
     restarted, and specifies the month and day for which runacct will
     rerun the accounting. The entry point for processing is based on the
     contents of statefile; to override this, include the desired state on
     the command line to designate where processing should begin.

EXAMPLES
     To start runacct:

          nohup runacct 2> /var/adm/acct/nite/fd2log &

     To restart runacct:

          nohup runacct 0601 2>> /var/adm/acct/nite/fd2log &

     To restart runacct at a specific state:

          nohup runacct 0601 MERGE 2>> /var/adm/acct/nite/fd2log &

NOTES
     Normally it is not a good idea to restart runacct in the SETUP state.
     Run SETUP manually and restart via:

          runacct mmdd WTMPFIX

     If runacct failed in the PROCESS state, remove the last ptacct file
     because it will not be complete.

FILES
     /var/adm/wtmp

     /var/adm/pacctincr

     /var/adm/acct/nite/active

     /var/adm/acct/nite/daytacct

     /var/adm/acct/nite/lock

     /var/adm/acct/nite/lock1

     /var/adm/acct/nite/lastdate

     /var/adm/acct/nite/statefile





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runacct(1M)                                                     runacct(1M)

SEE ALSO
     acctcom(1), mail(1), acct(1M), acctcms(1M), acctcon(1M), acctmerg(1M),
     acctprc(1M), acctsh(1M), cron(1M), fwtmp(1M), acct(2), utmp(4).



















































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