1.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/accton/accton.8,v 1.6.2.7 2004/04/17 10:06:38 brueffer Exp $ 2.\" $DragonFly: src/usr.sbin/accton/accton.8,v 1.3 2004/04/19 18:41:35 justin Exp $ 3.\" 4.Dd May 21, 1993 5.Dt ACCTON 8 6.Os 7.Sh NAME 8.Nm accton 9.Nd enable/disable system accounting 10.Sh SYNOPSIS 11.Nm 12.Op Ar acctfile 13.Sh DESCRIPTION 14The 15.Nm 16utility is used 17for switching system accounting on or off. 18If called with the argument 19.Ar acctfile , 20system accounting is enabled. 21The 22.Ar acctfile 23specified must exist prior to starting system accounting, or 24.Nm 25will return an error. 26A record of every process that is started by the 27.Xr execve 2 28system call and then later exits the system is stored in 29.Ar acctfile . 30The 31.Xr sa 8 32command may be used to examine the accounting records. 33If no arguments are given, system accounting is disabled. 34.Sh FILES 35.Bl -tag -width /var/account/acct 36.It Pa /var/account/acct 37default accounting file 38.El 39.Sh SEE ALSO 40.Xr lastcomm 1 , 41.Xr acct 2 , 42.Xr acct 5 , 43.Xr sa 8 44