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27.\"	$Id: accton.8,v 1.1 1993/05/03 01:53:22 cgd Exp $
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29.Dd May 2, 1993
30.Dt ACCTON 8
31.Os NetBSD 0.8a
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm accton ,
34.Nm acctoff
35.Nd enable/disable system accounting
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Nm accton
38.Nm acctoff
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40.Nm Accton
41enables generation of kernel accounting records, and
42.Nm acctoff
43disables their generation.
44The actual logging of accounting records is done
45by the
46.Xr accoutant 8
47program.
48.Sh SEE ALSO
49.Xr accountant 8 ,
50.Xr lastcomm 1 ,
51.Xr acct 5
52.Sh HISTORY
53The
54.Nm accton
55program probably appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX,
56or thereabouts, but was substantially modified for
57the new device-based accounting procedures in NetBSD 0.8a.
58.Nm Acctoff
59first appeard in NetBSD 0.8a.
60