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.TH ACCT 2 
.SH NAME
acct \- turn accounting on or off
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B acct(file)
.br
.B char *file;
.SH DESCRIPTION
The system is prepared to write a record
in an accounting
.I file
for each process as it terminates.
This
call, with a null-terminated string naming an existing file
as argument, turns on accounting;
records for each terminating process are appended to
.IR file .
An argument of 0 causes accounting to be turned off.
.PP
The accounting file format is given in
.IR acct (5).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
acct(5), sa(1)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
On error \-1 is returned.
The file must exist and the call may be exercised only by the super-user.
It is erroneous to try to turn on accounting when it is already on.
.SH BUGS
No accounting is produced for programs running
when a crash occurs.
In particular nonterminating programs are never
accounted for.
.SH ASSEMBLER
(acct = 51.)
.br
.B sys acct; file
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0ac0f559 KT	1	.TH ACCT 2
	2	.SH NAME
	3	acct \- turn accounting on or off
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B acct(file)
	6	.br
	7	.B char *file;
	8	.SH DESCRIPTION
	9	The system is prepared to write a record
	10	in an accounting
	11	.I file
	12	for each process as it terminates.
	13	This
	14	call, with a null-terminated string naming an existing file
	15	as argument, turns on accounting;
	16	records for each terminating process are appended to
	17	.IR file .
	18	An argument of 0 causes accounting to be turned off.
	19	.PP
	20	The accounting file format is given in
	21	.IR acct (5).
	22	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	23	acct(5), sa(1)
	24	.SH DIAGNOSTICS
	25	On error \-1 is returned.
	26	The file must exist and the call may be exercised only by the super-user.
	27	It is erroneous to try to turn on accounting when it is already on.
	28	.SH BUGS
	29	No accounting is produced for programs running
	30	when a crash occurs.
	31	In particular nonterminating programs are never
	32	accounted for.
	33	.SH ASSEMBLER
	34	(acct = 51.)
	35	.br
	36	.B sys acct; file