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 accton 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 account 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