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4.0 KiB
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151 lines
4.0 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Christopher G. Demetriou
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.\" $Id: accountant.8,v 1.5 1993/05/03 04:30:10 cgd Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd May 2, 1993
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.Dt ACCOUNTANT 8
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.Os NetBSD 0.8a
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm accountant
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.Nd copy accounting records to the accounting log
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm accountant
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.Op Fl V
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.Op Fl d
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.Op Fl s
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.Op Fl f Ar log file
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.Op Fl F Ar accounting device
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.Op Fl m Ar min on
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.Op Fl M Ar max off
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.Op Fl t Ar sleep time
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm Accountant
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copies the accounting records generated by the
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kernel's accounting subsystem from the accounting
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device file into the system accounting log.
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If invoked with no arguments,
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.Nm accountant
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becomes a daemon process and does its work silently.
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.Pp
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Recording of accounting information is automatically suspended
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if there is less than a given amount of free space left on the disk.
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Recording is automatically resumed when enough space becomes available.
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.Pp
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.Nm Accountant
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creates the file
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.Pa /var/run/accountant.pid ,
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and stores its process id
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there. This can be used to kill or reconfigure
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.Nm accountant .
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.Pp
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Options:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width Fl
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.It Fl V
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Print program version information and exit.
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.El
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width Fl
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.It Fl d
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Run in debug mode. Do not become a
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daemon process, and write useful information
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to the terminal.
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.El
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width Fl
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.It Fl s
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Sync the accounting log after every write.
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.El
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width Fl
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.It Fl f Ar log file
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Write accounting records to
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.Ar log file
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rather than the default
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accounting log file.
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.El
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width Fl
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.It Fl F Ar accounting device
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Read accounting records from
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.Ar accounting device
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rather than the default
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accounting device.
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.El
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width Fl
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.It Fl m Ar min on
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Suspend accounting when there is less than
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.Ar min on
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percent free space left on the disk.
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By default,
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.Ar min on
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is two percent.
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.El
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width Fl
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.It Fl M Ar max off
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Resume accounting when there is more than
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.Ar max off
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percent free space left on the disk.
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By default,
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.Ar max off
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is four percent.
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.El
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width Fl
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.It Fl t Ar sleep time
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Check to see whether there is enough
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disk space to resume accounting every
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.Ar sleep time
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seeconds, when accounting has been suspended
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because of a disk space shortage.
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By default,
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.Ar sleep time
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is 15 seconds.
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.El
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /var/run/accountant.pid -compact
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.It Pa /var/account/acct
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Default accounting log file.
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.It Pa /var/run/accountant.pid
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The process id of the
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.Nm accountant
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process.
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.It Pa /dev/acct
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Default accounting device.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr accton 8 ,
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.Xr lastcomm 1 ,
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.Xr acct 5
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm accountant
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command appeared in
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NetBSD 0.8a.
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