.\" @(#)acct.5 6.1 (Berkeley) %G%
acct \- execution accounting file
system call makes entries in an accounting file
for each process that terminates.
The accounting file is a sequence of entries whose layout,
as defined by the include file is:
.ta \w'typedef 'u +\w'ACOMPAT 'u +\w'ac_comm[10]; 'u
.so /usr/include/sys/acct.h
the first 10 characters of the filename appear in
The accounting flag contains bits indicating whether
was ever accomplished, and whether the process ever had super-user privileges.
acct(2), execve(2), sa(8)