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ACCTON(8)                              System Manager's Manual                             ACCTON(8)

NAME
       accton -  turns process accounting on or off

SYNOPSIS
       accton [OPTION] on|off|filename

       accton [ -V | --version ] [ -h | --help ]

DESCRIPTION
       accton filename turns on process accounting.

OPTIONS
       -V, --version
              Print the version number of ac to standard output and quit.
       -h, --help
              Prints  the  usage string and default locations of system files to standard output and
              exits.
       on     Turns on process accounting using the default accounting file name.
       off    Turns off process accounting.
FILES
       acct   The system wide process  accounting  file.  See  acct(5)  (or  pacct(5))  for  further
              details.
AUTHOR
       The  GNU  accounting utilities were written by Noel Cragg <noel AT gnu.edu>. The man page
       was adapted from the accounting texinfo page by Susan Kleinmann <sgk AT sgk.net>.
SEE ALSO
       acct(5), ac(1)

                                          2008 November 24                                 ACCTON(8)