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