man > dump-acct(8)

DUMP-ACCT(8)                          GNU Accounting Utilities                          DUMP-ACCT(8)

NAME
       dump-acct - print an acct file in human-readable format.


SYNOPSIS
       dump-acct [-r|--reverse] [-R|--raw] [--format] version] [--byteswap] [--ahz] hertz] [-n|--num
       recs] [-h|--help] [ files]


DESCRIPTION
       dump-acct  filename prints a list of all executed processes. This list is written by the ker‐
       nel which must be compiled with BSD process accounting enabled (Debian kernel image  have  it
       already  enabled).  It  must be started with accton(5).  Note that on Debian systems, this is
       ensured via the init script /etc/init.d/acct.

       All fields are separated by vertical line. Fields are: command, version,  user  time,  system
       time,  effective  time,  uid,  gid,  memory, io, pid, ppid, time.  User, system and effective
       times are ticks per second. One tick is usually 1/50 of a second. The time  field  shows  the
       start time of the process.

       The  --raw switch, as well as the --format, --byteswap, and --ahz can be used as a handy for‐
       mat converter.


OPTIONS
       -h, --help
              Prints the usage string and default locations of system files to standard  output  and
              exits.

       -n, --num recs
              Number of lines to print.

       -r, --reverse
              Start printing from last records.

       -R, --raw
              Print raw records, not human-readable.

       --format version
              Use specified format version to display records.

       --byteswap
              Swap bytes endianness when reading records.

       --ahz  Use  specified  units of time to display data from other kernel versions and architec‐
              tures.


FILES
       acct   The system wide process accounting file. See acct(5) for further details.


SEE ALSO
       acct(5), ac(8).


AUTHOR
       The GNU accounting utilities were written by Noel Cragg <noel AT gnu.edu>.

       This manual page was written by Ognyan Kulev <ogi AT fmi.bg>  and  updated  by  Daniel
       Baumann  <daniel AT debian.org> and Mathieu Trudel <mathieu.tl AT gmail.com> for the Debian project
       (but may be used by others).

6.4pre1                                      2006-04-22                                 DUMP-ACCT(8)