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Acct
Component programs ac,accton,last,lastcomm,sa,dump-utmp,dump-acct  +
Computer languages C  +
Documentation note User manual available in HTML, Info, PostScript, TeX dvi, PDF, ASCII, TeXinfo from http://www.gnu.org/software/acct/manual/accounting.html
Full description The GNU Accounting utilities `ac', `accton The GNU Accounting utilities `ac', `accton', `last', `lastcomm', and `sa' add login and process accounting support to GNU/Linux. "Login accounting" provides summaries of system resource usage based on connect time, and "process accounting" provides summaries based on the commands executed on the system. ed on the commands executed on the system.
Homepage URL http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/acct/  +
Interface command-line  +
Is GNU true  +
Keywords system administration  + , acct  + , GNU acct  + , ac  + , accton  + , sa  + , last  + , lastcomm  + , dump-utmp  + , dump-acct  +
Last review by Janet Casey +
Last review date 23 May 2005  +
License GPLv2 +
License verified by Janet Casey  +
License verified date 20 July 2001  +
Name acct  +
Prerequisite description Kernel level support for process and login accounting. This is enabled in Linux by selecting the option "BSD-style process accounting" during compilation.  +
Prerequisite kind Required to use  +
Real name Ciaran O'Riordan  + , See the 'accounting.info' file in the distribution for a complete list  +
Resource URL mailto:bug-acct@gnu.org  + , mailto:help-acct@gnu.org  +
Resource audience Bug Tracking  + , Support  +
Resource kind E-mail  +
Revisionid 5,015  +
Revisiontimestamp 12 April 2011 14:30:21  +
Revisionuser WikiSysop +
Role Maintainer  + , Contributor  +
Short description GNU system accounting utilities  +
Submitted by Database conversion +
Submitted date 1 April 2011  +
System-administration monitor  +
Use system-administration  +
User level none  +
Version comment 6.3.2 stable released 1998-03-10
Version date 10 March 1998  +
Version download http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/acct/acct-6.3.2.tar.gz  +
Version identifier 6.3.2  +
Version status stable  +
Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. 12 April 2011 14:30:21  +
Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. Entry  +
EmailThis property is a special property in this wiki. ciaran@member.fsf.org  +
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