Query: acct
OS: v7
Section: 2
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ACCT(2) System Calls Manual ACCT(2)NAMEacct - turn accounting on or offSYNOPSISacct(file) char *file;DESCRIPTIONThe system is prepared to write a record in an accounting file for each process as it terminates. This call, with a null-terminated string naming an existing file as argument, turns on accounting; records for each terminating process are appended to file. An argument of 0 causes accounting to be turned off. The accounting file format is given in acct(5).SEE ALSOacct(5), sa(1)DIAGNOSTICSOn error -1 is returned. The file must exist and the call may be exercised only by the super-user. It is erroneous to try to turn on accounting when it is already on.BUGSNo accounting is produced for programs running when a crash occurs. In particular nonterminating programs are never accounted for.ASSEMBLER(acct = 51.) sys acct; file ACCT(2)
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