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 15utility is used 16for switching system accounting on or off. 17If called with the argument 18.Ar acctfile , 19system accounting is enabled. 20The 21.Ar acctfile 22specified must exist prior to starting system accounting, or 23.Nm 24will return an error. 25A record of every process that is started by the 26.Xr execve 2 27system call and then later exits the system is stored in 28.Ar acctfile . 29The 30.Xr sa 8 31command may be used to examine the accounting records. 32If no arguments are given, system accounting is disabled. 33.Sh FILES 34.Bl -tag -width /var/account/acct 35.It Pa /var/account/acct 36default accounting file 37.El 38.Sh SEE ALSO 39.Xr lastcomm 1 , 40.Xr acct 2 , 41.Xr acct 5 , 42.Xr sa 8 43