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

NAME
     accton -- enable/disable system accounting

SYNOPSIS
     accton [file]

DESCRIPTION
     With an argument naming an existing file, accton causes system accounting information for every process
     executed to be placed at the end of the file.  If no argument is given, accounting is turned off.

SEE ALSO
     lastcomm(1), acct(5)

HISTORY
     The accton command has existed nearly forever, but this man page is new.

4th Berkeley Distribution      October 18, 1993      4th Berkeley Distribution