ACCT(S)                  XENIX System V                   ACCT(S)



     Name
          acct - Enables or disables process accounting.

     Syntax
          #include <sys/types.h>

          int acct (path)
          char *path;

     Description
          acct is used to enable or disable the system's process
          accounting routine.  If the routine is enabled, an
          accounting record will be written on an accounting file for
          each process that terminates.  A process can be terminated
          by a call to exit or by receipt of a signal which it does
          not ignore or catch; see exit(S) and signal(S).  The
          effective user ID of the calling process must be super-user
          to use this call.

          path points to the pathname of the accounting file.  The
          accounting file format is given in acct(F).

          The accounting routine is enabled if path is nonzero and no
          errors occur during the system call.  It is disabled if path
          is zero and no errors occur during the system call.

          acct will fail if one or more of the following are true:

               The effective user ID of the calling process is not
               super-user.  [EPERM]

               An attempt is being made to enable accounting when it
               is already enabled.  [EBUSY]

               A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
               [ENOTDIR]

               One or more components of the accounting file's
               pathname do not exist.  [ENOENT]

               A component of the path prefix denies search
               permission.  [EACCES]

               The file named by path is not an ordinary file.
               [EACCES]

               mode permission is denied for the named accounting
               file.  [EACCES]

               The named file is a directory.  [EACCES]

               The named file resides on a read-only file system.



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               [EROFS]

               path points to an illegal address.  [EFAULT]

     Return Value
          Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
          Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to
          indicate the error.

     See Also
          accton(C), acctcom(C), acct(F)












































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