1SA(1M)                                                                  SA(1M)
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NAME

6       sa, accton - system accounting
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SYNOPSIS

9       sa [ -abcjlnrstuv ] [ file ]
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11       /etc/accton [ file ]
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DESCRIPTION

14       With an argument naming an existing file, accton causes system account‐
15       ing information for every process executed to be placed at the  end  of
16       the file.  If no arguemnt is given, accounting is turned off.
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18       Sa reports on, cleans up, and generally maintains accounting files.
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20       Sa  is able to condense the information in /usr/adm/acct into a summary
21       file /usr/adm/savacct which contains a count of  the  number  of  times
22       each  command was called and the time resources consumed.  This conden‐
23       sation is desirable because on a large system  acct  can  grow  by  100
24       blocks  per  day.  The summary file is read before the accounting file,
25       so the reports include all available information.
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27       If a file name is given as the last argument, that file will be treated
28       as  the  accounting  file;  sha  is the default.  There are zillions of
29       options:
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31       a      Place all command names containing  unprintable  characters  and
32              those used only once under the name `***other.'
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34       b      Sort  output by sum of user and system time divided by number of
35              calls.  Default sort is by sum of user and system times.
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37       c      Besides total user, system, and real time for each command print
38              percentage of total time over all commands.
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40       j      Instead  of  total  minutes time for each category, give seconds
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43       l      Separate system and user time; normally they are combined.
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45       m      Print number of processes and number of  CPU  minutes  for  each
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48       n      Sort by number of calls.
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50       r      Reverse order of sort.
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52       s      Merge  accounting  file  into summary file /usr/adm/savacct when
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55       t      For each command report ratio of real time to the  sum  of  user
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58       u      Superseding  all  other  flags,  print  for  each command in the
59              accounting file the user ID and command name.
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61       v      If the next character is a digit n, then type the name  of  each
62              command  used  n  times  or fewer.  Await a reply from the type‐
63              writer; if it begins with `y', add the command to  the  category
64              `**junk**.'  This is used to strip out garbage.
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FILES

67       /usr/adm/acct  raw accounting
68       /usr/adm/savacct    summary
69       /usr/adm/usracct    per-user summary
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SEE ALSO

72       ac(1), acct(2)
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