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Table 12–7: The tacct File Format (cont.)
Column Heading Description
6 NPRI_MEM Specifies the nonprime time memory kcore
minutes, which is the total CPU time (in
minutes) multiplied by the mean size of the
memory used.
7 PRI_RD/WR Specifies the total number of characters
transferred during prime time operation.
8 NPRI_RD/WR Specifies the total number of characters
transferred during nonprime time operation.
9 PRI_BLKIO Specifies the total number of I/O blocks
transferred during prime time read and write
operations. The number of bytes in an I/O block
depends on how it was implemented.
10 NPRI_BLKIO Specifies the total number of I/O blocks
transferred during nonprime time read and write
operations. The number of bytes in an I/O block
depends on how it was implemented.
11 PRI_CONNECT Specifies the total number of prime time seconds
that a connection existed.
12 NPRI_CONNECT Specifies the total number of nonprime time
seconds that a connection existed.
13 DSK_BLOCKS Specifies the total number of disk blocks used.
14 PRINT Specifies the total number of pages queued to
any printer in the system.
15 FEES Specifies the number of units charged. This value
is specified with the
/usr/sbin/acct/chargefee shell script.
16 PROCESSES Specifies the total number of processes spawned
by the user during the accounting period.
17 SESS Specifies the total number of times the user
logged in during the accounting period.
18 DSAMPS Specifies the total number of times that the disk
accounting command was used to get the total
number of disk blocks specified in the
DSK_BLOCKS column. You can divide the value
in the DSK_BLOCKS column by the value in the
DSAMPS column to obtain the average number
of disk blocks used during the accounting period.
Process accounting shell scripts and commands allow you to combine
information about commands and the resources used to process the
12–22 Administering the System Accounting Services