NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       ac - Outputs connect-session records

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       /usr/sbin/ac [-dp] [-w filename] [user(s) ...]

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Outputs  the  total connect time for each midnight-to-midnight
 period for which a wtmp file exists. When user(s) is
       specified,  this  option  limits  the  output to the login
       names specified by any user(s)  operand(s).   Outputs  the
       connect  time  total  by individual login name of the user
       specified with the -p  option  and  the  user(s)  operand.
       Omission  of this option permits a total only for the midnight-to-midnight
 time period for all logged in  users  to
       be  produced.   Specifies  a  wtmp  file  other  than  the
       /var/adm/wtmp file. The wtmp file you access for data  may
       have  been  created  automatically  by  some  shell script
       administration command (for example, runacct) or  manually
       by    the   system   administrator   when   the   original
       /var/adm/wtmp file becomes too large.

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The ac command prints to the  default  output  device  the
       total  connect  time in hours to the nearest hundredth for
       all users, or the connect time for any  user(s)  specified
       with  the  -p  option.  It  also prints the names of users
       specified by the user(s) operand who have logged in during
       the life of the current /var/adm/wtmp file.

       Connect-time records are written by the init and the login
       programs and are collected in the /var/adm/wtmp file, when
       such  a  file  exists.  When a /var/adm/wtmp file does not
       exist, no connect-time  accounting  records  are  written;
       consequently,  when  connect-time  records are wanted, the
       system administrator should create  a  /var/adm/wtmp  file
       that  has an initial record length of 0 (zero). Records in
       wtmp files (there may be more than one such  file)  should
       be  processed periodically to keep the files from becoming
       too large.

       When you use the runacct command in a shell script,  additional
  wtmp  files  can be automatically created whenever
       the current wtmp file becomes too large.  You  can  output
       the  contents of any of these other files when you specify
       the -w option and the desired wtmp filename.

       The ac command is run independently with  respect  to  any
       accounting  shell  procedure  created or run by any of the
       acct/* shell procedures or runacct commands.

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

       To obtain an output of the  total  connect  time  for  all
       users  who  have  logged in during the life of the current
       wtmp data file, enter: /usr/sbin/ac To obtain an output of
       the  total  connect  time  for  grossman  and mcwhinney as
       recorded  in  the   default   wtmp   data   file,   enter:
       /usr/sbin/ac   grossman   mcwhinney To obtain an output of
       the connect time subtotals for grossman and  mcwhinney  as
       recorded   in   the   default   wtmp   data  file,  enter:
       /usr/sbin/ac -p  grossman  mcwhinney

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

       Specifies the command path.  Is the active data  file  for
       the collection of connect-time records.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       Commands: login(1), init(8)



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