1ACCT(2)                       System Calls Manual                      ACCT(2)
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NAME

6       acct - turn accounting on or off
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SYNOPSIS

9       acct(file)
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DESCRIPTION

13       The system is prepared to write a record in an accounting file for each
14       process as it terminates.  This call,  with  a  null-terminated  string
15       naming  an  existing file as argument, turns on accounting; records for
16       each terminating process are appended to file.  An argument of 0 causes
17       accounting to be turned off.
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19       The accounting file format is given in acct(5).
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SEE ALSO

22       acct(5), sa(1)
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DIAGNOSTICS

25       On error -1 is returned.  The file must exist and the call may be exer‐
26       cised only by the super-user.  It  is  erroneous  to  try  to  turn  on
27       accounting when it is already on.
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BUGS

30       No accounting is produced for programs running when a crash occurs.  In
31       particular nonterminating programs are never accounted for.
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ASSEMBLER

34       (acct = 51.)
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