Installation guide

Table 12–4: Summary Files in the /var/adm/acct/sum Directory (cont.)
Name Type Description
tacct mmdd Binary Specifies the total accounting file for the month
and day specified by
mm and dd , respectively.
tacctprev
Binary Specifies the previous day’s tacct file. This file
is the tacct binary file for the previous
accounting period.
Table 12–5: Monthly Files in the /var/adm/acct/fiscal Directory
Name Type Description
cms mm Binary Specifies the active command summary file for the
month specified by
mm .
fiscrpt
mm ASCII Specifies the accounting report for the month
specified by
mm .
tacct
mm Binary Specifies the cumulative total accounting file. This
file is the total accounting file for system use. It is
updated on a monthly basis by the monacct shell
script.
12.2 Setting Up Accounting
In a system environment where many users compete for system resources,
Tru64 UNIX system accounting allows you to track system use. You must
decide the quantity and type of information that you want to track. You
also must decide if you want to enable automatic accounting. To enable
automatic accounting, you specify accounting commands and shell scripts
in the files in the /usr/spool/cron/crontabs directory.
_______________________ Note _______________________
You must install the System Accounting Utilities subset to use
accounting.
To obtain accounting information for all the machines in a network, you
should set up accounting on a single machine. Use the following procedure
to enable system accounting. The sections that follow describe these steps
in detail.
1. Enable accounting in the /etc/rc.config file.
2. Create the /var/adm/qacct and /var/adm/pacct files.
Administering the System Accounting Services 12–9