Acct
acct
http://www.gnu.org/software/acct/
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.
Documentation
User manual available in HTML, Info, PostScript, TeX dvi, PDF, ASCII, TeXinfo from http://www.gnu.org/software/acct/manual/accounting.html
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version 6.3.2
(stable)
released on 10 March 1998
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Licensing
| License | Verified by | Verified on | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPLv2 | Janet Casey | 20 July 2001 |
Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
 Ciaran O'Riordan | Maintainer |
| See the 'accounting.info' file in the distribution for a complete list | Contributor |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Bug Tracking | mailto:bug-acct@gnu.org | |
| Support | mailto:help-acct@gnu.org |
Software prerequisites
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Required to use | Kernel level support for process and login accounting. This is enabled in Linux by selecting the option "BSD-style process accounting" during compilation. |
This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 23 May 2005.
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