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acctcon(1M) acctcon(1M)
NAME
acctcon, acctcon1, acctcon2 - connect-time accounting
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/acct/acctcon
[ options ]
/usr/sbin/acct/acctcon1
[ options ]
/usr/sbin/acct/acctcon2
DESCRIPTION
The acctcon1 command converts a sequence of login/logoff records read from its standard input to a
sequence of records, one per login session. Its input should normally be redirected from
/var/adm/wtmp
or /var/adm/wtmps
. Its output is ASCII, giving device, user ID, login name, prime
connect time (seconds), non-prime connect time (seconds), session starting time (numeric), and starting
date and time. Prime connect time is defined as the connect time within a specific prime period on a
non-holiday weekday (Monday through Friday). The starting and ending time of the prime period and
the year’s holidays are defined in file
/etc/acct/holidays
.
acctcon2 expects as input a sequence of login session records, produced by
acctcon1, and converts
them into total accounting records (see
tacct format in acct (4)).
acctcon combines the functionality of
acctcon1 and acctcon2 into one program. It takes the same
input format as
acctcon1 and writes the same output as acctcon2.
acctcon1 recognizes the following options :
-p Print input only, showing line name, login name, and time (in both numeric and
date/time formats).
-t acctcon1 maintains a list of lines on which users are logged in. When it reaches
the end of its input, it emits a session record for each line that still appears to be
active. It normally assumes that its input is a current file, so that it uses the
current time as the ending time for each session still in progress. The -t flag
causes it to use, instead, the last time found in its input, thus ensuring reasonable
and repeatable numbers for non-current files.
acctcon1 and acctcon recognize the following options :
-l file file is created to contain a summary of line usage showing line name, number of
minutes used, percentage of total elapsed time used, number of sessions charged,
number of logins, and number of logoffs. This file helps track line usage, identify
bad lines, and find software and hardware oddities. Hang-up, termination of
login (see login(1)), and termination of the login shell each generate logoff
records, so that the number of logoffs is often three to four times the number of ses-
sions. See init (1M) and utmp(4).
-o file file is filled with an overall record for the accounting period, giving starting time,
ending time, number of reboots, and number of date changes.
-W When this option is used, the records of the type found in /var/adm/wtmps, are
read from the specified input.
EXAMPLES
These commands are typically used as shown below. The file
ctmp is created only for the use of com-
mands described by the acctprc (1M) manual entry:
acctcon1 -t -l lineuse -o reboots < wtmp | sort +1n +2 > ctmp
acctcon2 < ctmp | acctmerg > ctacct
or
acctcon -t -l lineuse -o reboots < wtmp | acctmerg > ctacct
With -W option:
acctcon1 -W -t -l lineuse -o reboots < wtmps | sort +1n +2 > ctmp
acctcon2 < ctmp | acctmerg > ctacct
or
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