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# accton - Unix, Linux Command

# NAME

accton - turns process accounting on or off

# SYNOPSIS

Tag | Description
--- | ---
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

..PD 0

Tag | Description
--- | ---
-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

Tag | Description
--- | ---
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

- ac (8)

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