1.\" 2.Dd May 21, 1993 3.Dt ACCTON 8 4.Os 5.Sh NAME 6.Nm accton 7.Nd enable/disable system accounting 8.Sh SYNOPSIS 9.Nm 10.Op Ar acctfile 11.Sh DESCRIPTION 12The 13.Nm 14utility is used 15for switching system accounting on or off. 16If called with the argument 17.Ar acctfile , 18system accounting is enabled. 19The 20.Ar acctfile 21specified must exist prior to starting system accounting, or 22.Nm 23will return an error. 24A record of every process that is started by the 25.Xr execve 2 26system call and then later exits the system is stored in 27.Ar acctfile . 28The 29.Xr sa 8 30command may be used to examine the accounting records. 31If no arguments are given, system accounting is disabled. 32.Sh FILES 33.Bl -tag -width /var/account/acct 34.It Pa /var/account/acct 35default accounting file 36.El 37.Sh SEE ALSO 38.Xr lastcomm 1 , 39.Xr acct 2 , 40.Xr acct 5 , 41.Xr sa 8 42