runacct — Run Daily Accounting

Synopsis

/usr/lib/acct/runacct [mmdd [state]]

Description

The runacct command is the main daily accounting command. It is normally initiated by cron. runacct processes connect, fee, disk, and process accounting files and stores the results in /var/adm/pacctn, /var/adm/wtmpx (changed from wtmp in the Solaris 8 release), /var/adm/fee, and /var/adm/acct/nite/disktacct. It also prepares summary files for prdaily or billing purposes. runacct is distributed only to source code licensees.

Process Accounting

Process accounting enables you to track the following data about each process run on your system.

  • User and group ...

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