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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
. 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 con-
nect 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 years 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 sessions. See init(1M)
and utmp(4).
-o file file is filled with an overall record for the accounting period, giving starting time, end-
ing time, number of reboots, and number of date changes.
EXAMPLES
These commands are typically used as shown below. The file ctmp is created only for the use of commands
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
WARNINGS
The line usage report is confused by date changes. Use wtmpfix (see fwtmp(1M)) to correct this situa-
tion.
FILES
/var/adm/wtmp
/etc/acct/holidays
Section 1M10 Hewlett-Packard Company 1 HP-UX 11i Version 1: September 2005