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NAME

6       acct - execution accounting file
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <sys/acct.h>
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DESCRIPTION

12       The  acct(2) system call arranges for entries to be made in an account‐
13       ing file for each process that terminates.  The accounting  file  is  a
14       sequence of entries whose layout, as defined by the include file is:
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16       /* Copyright (C) 1996-1999, 2007, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
17          This file is part of the GNU C Library.
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19          The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
20          modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
21          License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
22          version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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25          but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
26          MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
27          Lesser General Public License for more details.
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29          You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
30          License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
31          <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
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33       #ifndef _SYS_ACCT_H
34       #define _SYS_ACCT_H             1
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36       #include <features.h>
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38       #include <endian.h>
39       #define __need_time_t
40       #include <time.h>
41       #include <sys/types.h>
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43       __BEGIN_DECLS
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45       #define ACCT_COMM 16
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47       /*
48         comp_t is a 16-bit "floating" point number with a 3-bit base 8
49         exponent and a 13-bit fraction. See linux/kernel/acct.c for the
50         specific encoding system used.
51       */
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53       typedef u_int16_t comp_t;
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55       struct acct
56       {
57         char ac_flag;                 /* Flags.  */
58         u_int16_t ac_uid;             /* Real user ID.  */
59         u_int16_t ac_gid;             /* Real group ID.  */
60         u_int16_t ac_tty;             /* Controlling terminal.  */
61         u_int32_t ac_btime;           /* Beginning time.  */
62         comp_t ac_utime;              /* User time.  */
63         comp_t ac_stime;              /* System time.  */
64         comp_t ac_etime;              /* Elapsed time.  */
65         comp_t ac_mem;                /* Average memory usage.  */
66         comp_t ac_io;                 /* Chars transferred.  */
67         comp_t ac_rw;                 /* Blocks read or written.  */
68         comp_t ac_minflt;             /* Minor pagefaults.  */
69         comp_t ac_majflt;             /* Major pagefaults.  */
70         comp_t ac_swaps;              /* Number of swaps.  */
71         u_int32_t ac_exitcode;        /* Process exitcode.  */
72         char ac_comm[ACCT_COMM+1];    /* Command name.  */
73         char ac_pad[10];              /* Padding bytes.  */
74       };
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77       struct acct_v3
78       {
79         char ac_flag;                 /* Flags */
80         char ac_version;              /* Always set to ACCT_VERSION */
81         u_int16_t ac_tty;             /* Control Terminal */
82         u_int32_t ac_exitcode;        /* Exitcode */
83         u_int32_t ac_uid;             /* Real User ID */
84         u_int32_t ac_gid;             /* Real Group ID */
85         u_int32_t ac_pid;             /* Process ID */
86         u_int32_t ac_ppid;            /* Parent Process ID */
87         u_int32_t ac_btime;           /* Process Creation Time */
88         float ac_etime;               /* Elapsed Time */
89         comp_t ac_utime;              /* User Time */
90         comp_t ac_stime;              /* System Time */
91         comp_t ac_mem;                /* Average Memory Usage */
92         comp_t ac_io;                 /* Chars Transferred */
93         comp_t ac_rw;                 /* Blocks Read or Written */
94         comp_t ac_minflt;             /* Minor Pagefaults */
95         comp_t ac_majflt;             /* Major Pagefaults */
96         comp_t ac_swaps;              /* Number of Swaps */
97         char ac_comm[ACCT_COMM];      /* Command Name */
98       };
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101       enum
102         {
103           AFORK = 0x01,               /* Has executed fork, but no exec.  */
104           ASU = 0x02,                 /* Used super-user privileges.  */
105           ACORE = 0x08,               /* Dumped core.  */
106           AXSIG = 0x10                /* Killed by a signal.  */
107         };
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109       #if __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
110       # define ACCT_BYTEORDER 0x80    /* Accounting file is big endian.  */
111       #else
112       # define ACCT_BYTEORDER 0x00    /* Accounting file is little endian.  */
113       #endif
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115       #define AHZ     100
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117
118       /* Switch process accounting on and off.  */
119       extern int acct (const char *__filename) __THROW;
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121       __END_DECLS
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123       #endif  /* sys/acct.h */
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125       If  the process was created by an execve(2), the first 10 characters of
126       the filename appear in ac_comm.   The  accounting  flag  contains  bits
127       indicating  whether  execve(2)  was  ever accomplished, and whether the
128       process ever had super-user privileges.
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SEE ALSO

131       acct(2), execve(2), sa(8)
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1357th Edition                      May 19, 1986                          ACCT(5)
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