SYS_ACCT(9) Accounting Framework SYS_ACCT(9)NAME
sys_acct - enable/disable process accounting
SYNOPSIS
long sys_acct(const char __user * name);
ARGUMENTS
name
file name for accounting records or NULL to shutdown accounting
DESCRIPTION
Returns 0 for success or negative errno values for failure.
sys_acct is the only system call needed to implement process accounting. It takes the name of the file where accounting records should be
written. If the filename is NULL, accounting will be shutdown.
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acct - enable or disable process accounting
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
int acct(const char *path);
DESCRIPTION
The acct() function enables or disables the system process accounting routine. If the routine is enabled, an accounting record will be
written in an accounting file for each process that terminates. The termination of a process can be caused by either an exit(2) call or a
signal(3C)). The effective user ID of the process calling acct() must have the appropriate privileges.
The path argument points to the pathname of the accounting file, whose file format is described on the acct.h(3HEAD) manual page.
The accounting routine is enabled if path is non-zero and no errors occur during the function. It is disabled if path is (char *)NULL and
no errors occur during the function.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, 0 is returned. Otherwise, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The acct() function will fail if:
EACCES The file named by path is not an ordinary file.
EBUSY An attempt is being made to enable accounting using the same file that is currently being used.
EFAULT The path argument points to an illegal address.
ELOOP Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating path.
ENAMETOOLONG The length of the path argument exceeds {PATH_MAX}, or the length of a path argument exceeds {NAME_MAX} while
_POSIX_NO_TRUNC is in effect.
ENOENT One or more components of the accounting file pathname do not exist.
ENOTDIR A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
EPERM The {PRIV_SYS_ACCT} privilege is not asserted in the effective set of the calling process.
EROFS The named file resides on a read-only file system.
SEE ALSO exit(2), acct.h(3HEAD), signal(3C), privileges(5)SunOS 5.11 20 Jan 2003 acct(2)