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# 1  
Old 07-08-2010
Check programs used most
How can you check the programs that you use most often?
# 2  
Old 07-08-2010
I don't know of any UNIX OS that keeps, by default, track of that statistic. Might be different if there are any auditing tools active (eg. AppArmor or SELinux), and the Window Managers might keep statistics of what they started, but that's very specific.
# 3  
Old 07-08-2010
you can write a specific script that you want to track which program ran and what is the in time..

for exa
Code:
/etc/init.d/cron.d

you can add an extra line to start function end

Code:
......
...........
case "$1" in
  start)
        start
if [ $? = 0 ] ; then
printf "%s\n" "in $(/bin/date) $prog daemon starting" >> /usr/local/bin/daemontracks1
else
printf "%s\n" "in $(/bin/date) $prog daemon tried to start but fail attempt" >> /usr/local/bin/daemontracks1
fi
;;
  stop)
............
....................

# 4  
Old 07-08-2010
There is a standard unix package called "System Accounting". See "man 1m acct". It includes Process Accounting. It is a significant chore to set up and on a busy system creates very large data files ... but it can be worth the effort expecially if you buy a 3rd party presentation package.
# 5  
Old 07-09-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by ygemici
you can write a specific script that you want to track which program ran and what is the in time..

for exa
Code:
/etc/init.d/cron.d

you can add an extra line to start function end

Code:
......
...........
case "$1" in
  start)
        start
if [ $? = 0 ] ; then
printf "%s\n" "in $(/bin/date) $prog daemon starting" >> /usr/local/bin/daemontracks1
else
printf "%s\n" "in $(/bin/date) $prog daemon tried to start but fail attempt" >> /usr/local/bin/daemontracks1
fi
;;
  stop)
............
....................

Would I also wanna put this in crontab?

Quote:
Originally Posted by methyl
There is a standard unix package called "System Accounting". See "man 1m acct". It includes Process Accounting. It is a significant chore to set up and on a busy system creates very large data files ... but it can be worth the effort expecially if you buy a 3rd party presentation package.
Is this compatible with ubuntu? I didn't see it in the repository.
# 6  
Old 07-09-2010
Question
No for use crontab maybe different method..This code is appended in service scripts..
for Crontab usage you may another script for exa
this script must run every one minute and check the
like this
Code:
 
pid=`cat /var/run/somedaemon
lasptpid=$pid ; 
count=0
if [ `ps -p $pid -o comm=` ] ; then 
echo "active and still running"; else echo "daemon is not running" 
if [ $lastpid != $pid ] ; then "echo new daemon start" ; let count=$count+1 ;else echo "process still running" ; fi; fi
a=$count+$a
echo `ps -p $pid -o comm=` daemon $a times started

# 7  
Old 07-09-2010
If you are not running unix it can be confusing posting questions in a unix forum. No idea whether Ubuntu Linux has unix System Accounting but I doubt it.
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