dump-acct(8) [debian man page]

DUMP-ACCT(8)						     GNU Accounting Utilities						      DUMP-ACCT(8)

NAME

       dump-acct - print an acct file in human-readable format.

SYNOPSIS

       dump-acct [-r|--reverse] [-R|--raw] [--format] version] [--byteswap] [--ahz] hertz] [-n|--num recs] [-h|--help] [ files]

DESCRIPTION

       dump-acct  filename  prints  a  list  of all executed processes. This list is written by the kernel which must be compiled with BSD process
       accounting enabled (Debian kernel image have it already enabled). It must be started with accton(5).  Note that on Debian systems, this	is
       ensured via the init script /etc/init.d/acct.

       All fields are separated by vertical line. Fields are: command, version, user time, system time, effective time, uid, gid, memory, io, pid,
       ppid, time.  User, system and effective times are ticks per second. One tick is usually 1/50 of a second. The time field  shows	the  start
       time of the process.

       The --raw switch, as well as the --format, --byteswap, and --ahz can be used as a handy format converter.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
	      Prints the usage string and default locations of system files to standard output and exits.

       -n, --num recs
	      Number of lines to print.

       -r, --reverse
	      Start printing from last records.

       -R, --raw
	      Print raw records, not human-readable.

       --format version
	      Use specified format version to display records.

       --byteswap
	      Swap bytes endianness when reading records.

       --ahz  Use specified units of time to display data from other kernel versions and architectures.

FILES

       acct   The system wide process accounting file. See acct(5) for further details.

SEE ALSO

       acct(5), ac(8).

AUTHOR

       The GNU accounting utilities were written by Noel Cragg <noel@gnu.ai.mit.edu>.

       This  manual  page  was written by Ognyan Kulev <ogi@fmi.uni-sofia.bg> and updated by Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org> and Mathieu Trudel
       <mathieu.tl@gmail.com> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

6.4pre1 							    2006-04-22							      DUMP-ACCT(8)

LASTCOMM(1)						      General Commands Manual						       LASTCOMM(1)

NAME

       lastcomm -  print out information about previously executed commands.

SYNOPSIS

       lastcomm
	      [ command-name ...  ]
	      [ user-name ...  ]
	      [ terminal-name ...  ]
	      [ --strict-match ]
	      [ --forwards ]
	      [ -f filename | --file filename ] [ --ahz hz ]
	      [ --user name ] [ --command name ] [ --tty name ]
	      [
	      | --show_paging ] [ --debug ] [ -V | --version ] [ -h | --help ]

DESCRIPTION

       lastcomm prints out information about previously executed commands.  If no arguments are specified, lastcomm will print info about  all	of
       the  commands  in acct (the record file).  If called with one or more of command-name, user-name, or terminal-name, only records containing
       those items will be displayed.  For example, to find out which users used command `a.out' and which users were logged into `tty0', type:
								   lastcomm a.out tty0

       This will print any entry for which `a.out' or `tty0' matches in any of the record's fields (command, name, or terminal).  If you  want	to
       find  only  items that match *all* of the arguments on the command line, you must use the '-strict-match' option.  For example, to list all
       of the executions of command a.out by user root on terminal tty0, type:
					     lastcomm --strict-match --command a.out --user root --tty tty0

       The order of the arguments is not important.

       For each entry the following information is printed:
	  + command name of the process
	  + flags, as recorded by the system accounting routines:
	       S -- command executed by super-user
	       F -- command executed after a fork but without a following exec
	       C -- command run in PDP-11 compatibility mode (VAX only)
	       D -- command terminated with the generation of a core file
	       X -- command was terminated with the signal SIGTERM
	  + the name of the user who ran the process
	  + time the process started

OPTIONS

       --strict-match
	      Print only entries that match *all* of the arguments on the command line.
       --user name
	      List records for user with name.	This is useful if you're trying to match a username that happens to  be  the  same  as	a  command
	      (e.g., ed ).
       --command name
	      List records for command name.
       --tty name
	      List records for tty name.
       --forwards
	      Read  file  forwards  instead of backwards. This avoids trying to seek on the file and can be used to read from a pipe. This must be
	      specified prior to any -f arguments.
       -f filename, --file filename
	      Read from the file filename instead of acct.  A filename of "-" will result in reading from stdin. This must either be the first	-f
	      option, or --forwards must precede all -f options.
       --ahz hz
	      Use  this flag to tell the program what AHZ should be (in hertz).  This option is useful if you are trying to view an acct file cre-
	      ated on another machine which has the same byte order and file format as your current machine, but has a different value for AHZ.
       -p, --show-paging
	      Print paging statistics
       --debug
	      Print verbose internal information.
       -V, --version
	      Print the version number of lastcomm.
       -h, --help
	      Prints the usage string and default locations of system files to standard output and exits.

FILES

       acct
	      The system wide process accounting file. See acct(5) (or pacct(5)) for further details.  /var/log/account
		     This directory contains pacct files which contain the binary process accounting data as written by the kernel.
AUTHOR

       The GNU accounting utilities were written by Noel Cragg <noel@gnu.ai.mit.edu>. The man page was adapted from the accounting texinfo page by
       Susan Kleinmann <sgk@sgk.tiac.net>.
SEE ALSO

       last(1), acct(5)

								  1995 October 31						       LASTCOMM(1)