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.TH AC 8 "4 February 1983"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
ac \- login accounting
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /etc/ac
[
.B \-w
wtmp ] [
.B \-p
] [
.B \-d
] [ people ] ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Ac
produces a printout giving
connect time
for each user who has logged in
during the life of the current
.I wtmp
file.
A total is also produced.
.B \-w
is used to specify an alternate
.IR wtmp ""
file.
.B \-p
prints individual totals; without this option,
only totals are printed.
.B \-d
causes a printout for each midnight to midnight
period.
Any
.I people
will limit the
printout to only the specified login names.
If no
.IR wtmp ""
file is given,
.I /usr/adm/wtmp
is used.
.PP
The accounting file
.I /usr/adm/wtmp
is maintained by
.I init
and
.I login.
Neither of these programs creates the file,
so if it does not exist
no connect-time accounting is done.
To start accounting, it should be created with length 0.
On the other hand if the file is left undisturbed it will
grow without bound, so periodically any information
desired should be collected and the file truncated.
.SH FILES
/usr/adm/wtmp
.SH "SEE ALSO"
init(8), sa(8), login(1), utmp(5).
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bea22c67 C	1	.TH AC 8 "4 February 1983"
	2	.UC 4
	3	.SH NAME
	4	ac \- login accounting
	5	.SH SYNOPSIS
	6	.B /etc/ac
	7	[
	8	.B \-w
	9	wtmp ] [
	10	.B \-p
	11	] [
	12	.B \-d
	13	] [ people ] ...
	14	.SH DESCRIPTION
	15	.I Ac
	16	produces a printout giving
	17	connect time
	18	for each user who has logged in
	19	during the life of the current
	20	.I wtmp
	21	file.
	22	A total is also produced.
	23	.B \-w
	24	is used to specify an alternate
	25	.IR wtmp ""
	26	file.
	27	.B \-p
	28	prints individual totals; without this option,
	29	only totals are printed.
	30	.B \-d
	31	causes a printout for each midnight to midnight
	32	period.
	33	Any
	34	.I people
	35	will limit the
	36	printout to only the specified login names.
	37	If no
	38	.IR wtmp ""
	39	file is given,
	40	.I /usr/adm/wtmp
	41	is used.
	42	.PP
	43	The accounting file
	44	.I /usr/adm/wtmp
	45	is maintained by
	46	.I init
	47	and
	48	.I login.
	49	Neither of these programs creates the file,
	50	so if it does not exist
	51	no connect-time accounting is done.
	52	To start accounting, it should be created with length 0.
	53	On the other hand if the file is left undisturbed it will
	54	grow without bound, so periodically any information
	55	desired should be collected and the file truncated.
	56	.SH FILES
	57	/usr/adm/wtmp
	58	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	59	init(8), sa(8), login(1), utmp(5).