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.Dd $Mdocdate: December 3 2007 $
.Dt ACCTON 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm accton
.Nd enable/disable system accounting
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm accton
.Op Ar file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
With an argument naming an existing
.Ar file ,
.Nm
causes system accounting information for every process executed
to be placed at the end of the file.
If no argument is given, accounting is turned off.
.Pp
.Nm
is usually started at boot time,
and can be enabled by setting the following in
.Pa /etc/rc.conf.local :
.Pp
.Dl accounting=YES
.Pp
See
.Xr rc 8
and
.Xr rc.conf 8
for more information on the boot process and enabling daemons.
.Pp
Log rotation of the default accounting file,
.Pa /var/account/acct ,
is performed by the
.Xr daily 8
maintenance script.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /var/account/acct
.It Pa /var/account/acct
default accounting file
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr lastcomm 1 ,
.Xr acct 2 ,
.Xr acct 5 ,
.Xr daily 8 ,
.Xr sa 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command has existed nearly forever, but this man page is new.