1.\" $FreeBSD$ 2.\" 3.Dd May 21, 1993 4.Dt ACCTON 8 5.Os 6.Sh NAME 7.Nm accton 8.Nd enable/disable system accounting 9.Sh SYNOPSIS 10.Nm 11.Op Ar acctfile 12.Sh DESCRIPTION 13The 14.Nm 15command is used 16for switching system accounting on or off. 17If called with the argument 18.Ar acctfile , 19system accounting is enabled and a record of 20every process that is started by the 21.Xr execve 2 22system call and then later exits the system is stored in 23.Ar acctfile . 24The 25.Xr sa 8 26command may be used to examining the accounting records. 27If no arguments are given, system accounting is disabled. 28.Sh FILES 29.Bl -tag -width /var/account/acct 30.It Pa /var/account/acct 31default accounting file 32.El 33.Sh SEE ALSO 34.Xr lastcomm 1 , 35.Xr acct 2 , 36.Xr sa 8 37