acct(5) - Linux man page
Name
acct - execution accounting file
Synopsis
#include <sys/acct.h>
Description
If the kernel was compiled with the process accounting option enabled, the system call
acct("/somewhere/accountingfile");
will start the process accounting. Each time a process terminates a record for this process is
appended to the accounting file. The accounting structure
struct acct is also described in the file
/usr/include/linux/acct.h.
See Also
lastcomm(1),
sa(1),
acct(2),
accton(8).
Referenced By
sa(8)
