Linux Standard Base Core Specification, Generic Part
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acct

Name

acct -- switch process accounting on or off

Synopsis

#include <dirent.h>

int acct(const char * filename);

Description

When filename is the name of an existing file, acct() turns accounting on and appends a record to filename for each terminating process. When filename is NULL, acct() turns accounting off.

Return Value

On success, 0 is returned. On error, -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set appropriately.

Errors

ENOSYS 

BSD process accounting has not been enabled when the operating system kernel was compiled. The kernel configuration parameter controlling this feature is CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT.

ENOMEM 

Out of memory.

EPERM 

The calling process has no permission to enable process accounting.

EACCES 

filename is not a regular file.

EIO 

Error writing to the filename.

EUSERS 

There are no more free file structures or we run out of memory.

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