ACCT(2)                                                   ACCT(2)



     NAME
          acct - enable or disable process accounting

     SYNOPSIS
          int acct (path)
          char *path;

     DESCRIPTION
          acct is used to enable or disable the system process
          accounting routine.  If the routine is enabled, an
          accounting record will be written on an accounting file for
          each process that terminates.  Termination can be caused by
          one of two things: an exit call or a signal [see exit(2) and
          signal(2)].  The effective user ID of the calling process
          must be super-user to use this call.

          path points to a pathname naming the accounting file.  The
          accounting file format is given in acct(4).

          The accounting routine is enabled if path is non-zero 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:

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

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

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

          [ENOENT]       One or more components of the accounting file
                         path name do not exist.

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

          [EROFS]        The named file resides on a read-only file
                         system.

          [EFAULT]       Path points to an illegal address.

     SEE ALSO
          exit(2), signal(2), acct(4).

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



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     ORIGIN
          AT&T V.3





















































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