ACCTCON(ADM)                       UNIX System V



     Name
          acctcon: acctcon1, acctcon2 - connect-time accounting


     Syntax
          /usr/lib/acct/acctcon1 [options]

          /usr/lib/acct/acctcon2


     Description
          acctcon1 converts a sequence of  login/logoff  records  read
          from  its  standard  input to a sequence of records, one per
          login session.  Its input should normally be redirected from
          /etc/wtmp.   Its  output  is  ASCII, giving device, user ID,
          login name, prime connect time (seconds), non-prime  connect
          time   (seconds),   session  starting  time  (numeric),  and
          starting date and time.  The options are:

          -p        Print input only, showing line name,  login  name,
                    and time (in both numeric and date/time formats).
          -t        acctcon1 maintains a list of lines on which  users
                    are  logged  in.   When  it reaches the end of its
                    input, it emits a session  record  for  each  line
                    that  still  appears  to  be  active.  It normally
                    assumes that its input is a current file, so  that
                    it  uses  the  current time as the ending time for
                    each session  still  in  progress.   The  -t  flag
                    causes  it to use, instead, the last time found in
                    its input, thus assuring reasonable and repeatable
                    numbers for non-current files.
          -l file   File is created to contain a summary of line usage
                    showing   line   name,  number  of  minutes  used,
                    percentage of total elapsed time used,  number  of
                    sessions  charged, number of logins, and number of
                    logoffs.   This  file  helps  track  line   usage,
                    identify bad lines, and find software and hardware
                    oddities.  Hang-up, termination  of  login(M)  and
                    termination  of  the  login  shell  each  generate
                    logoff records, so that the number of  logoffs  is
                    often  three to four times the number of sessions.
                    See init(M) and utmp(F).
          -o file   File is filled with  an  overall  record  for  the
                    accounting  period,  giving  starting time, ending
                    time,  number  of  reboots,  and  number  of  date
                    changes.

          acctcon2 expects  as  input  a  sequence  of  login  session
          records and converts them into total accounting records [see
          tacct format in acct(F)].

     Examples
          These commands are typically used as shown below.  The  file
          ctmp is created only for the use of acctprc(ADM) commands:

          acctcon1 -t -l lineuse -o reboots <wtmp | sort +1n +2 >ctmp
          acctcon2 <ctmp | acctmerg >ctacct


     Files
          /etc/wtmp


     See Also
          acct(ADM),    acctcms(ADM),    acctcom(C),    acctmerg(ADM),
          acctprc(ADM),      acctsh(ADM),     fwtmp(ADM),     init(M),
          runacct(ADM), acct(S), acct(F), utmp(F)


     Notes
          The line usage report is  confused  by  date  changes.   Use
          wtmpfix [see fwtmp(ADM)] to correct this situation.


     Standards Conformance
          acctcon1 and acctcon2 are conformant with:

          AT&T SVID Issue 2, Select Code 307-127.


     (printed 8/23/89)                                  ACCTCON(ADM)