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40 .Nd enable/disable system accounting
45 With an argument naming an existing
48 causes system accounting information for every process executed
49 to be placed at the end of the file. If no argument is given,
50 accounting is turned off.
52 The default accounting file is
53 .Pa /var/account/acct .
54 Typically, accounting is enabled by rc scripts during the boot process.
57 one may enable accounting by setting the variable
64 Note that, traditionally, the system accounting log file can not be rotated
67 Instead, a default installation of
75 .Bl -tag -width /var/account/acct -compact
76 .It Pa /var/account/acct
77 Default accounting file.
86 command has existed nearly forever, but this man page is new.