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ACCTON(8)						      System Manager's Manual							 ACCTON(8)

NAME
accton - turns process accounting on or off SYNOPSIS
accton [ -V | --version ] [ -h | --help ] [ filename ] DESCRIPTION
accton filename turns on process accounting. If called with no arguments, it will, by default, stop process accounting. OPTIONS
-V, --version Print the version number of ac to standard output and quit. -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. 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
acct(5), ac(8) 1995 October 31 ACCTON(8)

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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 ] [ -f filename | --file filename ] [ --user name ] [ --command name ] [ --tty name ] [ --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 a.out root 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 exited 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. -f filename, --file filename Read from the file filename instead of acct --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. 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)
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