pac - Outputs printer/plotter accounting information
pac [-cmrs] [-p price] [-P printer] [name]
Sorts output according to the computed cost instead of
alphabetically according to user. Groups all printing
charges for the user specified by name, without regard for
the host machine from which printing was invoked. The
dollar amount charged per unit of output specified by
price. The default dollar amount charged is $0.02 per
unit. Specifies the printer for which accounting records
are produced. Alternatively, the system selects the
printer named with the PRINTER environment variable, or
the default printer lp0. Reverses the sorted order, so
that records are listed alphabetically from z to a, or in
descending order by computed cost when this option is used
with the -c option. Writes printer accounting information
to a summary file. You must specify the -P option and
printer name (or synonym) when you use this option. Output
is made to a file that is associated with the af entry for
the specified printer in the /etc/printcap file. This file
is located in the /usr/adm directory. The file name is
usually the af accounting file name, with the letters _sum
(summary) appended, for example: /usr/adm/lp2acct_sum.
Accounting information is in three unheaded columns in the
format:
pages/feet machinename:username runs
When printer accounting is enabled in the /etc/printcap
file, and you use the pac command in a shell script or
from the standard input, pac outputs printer/plotter
accounting records to the standard output for each user of
the printer specified with the -P option and printer name
or for users specified with the name parameter. The unit
used for printer accounting is the number of pages
printed. However, for raster devices (such typesetters,
and plotters) length in feet of print medium (film, for
example) is the unit used. Output units are expressed
both as the number of units used and the charge in dollars
according to the price specified with -p option and price
amount per unit. The printer/plotter accounting output
has the following column headings and format: Login
pages/feet runs price chicken:rcb 19.00
2 $ 0.38 sardine:jmp 22.00 3
$ 0.44 hunch:lucy 53.00 12 $
1.06 stovetop:suki 1.00 1 $ 0.02
newspaper:myralou 834.00 202 $ 16.68 wimbledon:nhk
69.00 20 $ 1.38 norfolk:sophie
184.00 17 $ 3.68
There are four fields, each with its own column heading,
in each record of the default output produced by the pac
command: 1) the machine from which the print command was
entered and login name is entered in the Login column; 2)
the number of pages or feet of paper output is entered in
the page/feet column; 3) the number of times the printer
was used is entered in the runs column; and 4) the cost
computed at the default or specified price is entered in
the price column.
To print printer/plotter accounting information for all
users of default printer lp0 to the standard output
device, enter: /usr/sbin/pac
Output is sorted alphabetically according to
machine name and username. The number of printed
pages or feet of output paper used and the charge
per foot of paper or page is computed at the
default dollar amount of $0.02 per page because no
options are specified. To write accounting records
for printer printer1 in a summary file, enter the
following line as a superuser or as adm:
/usr/sbin/pac -Pprinter1 -s
Summary information is written to the file
/var/adm/printer1acct_sum. To produce accounting
information for users lucy, suki and myralou for
pages printed on printer putnam408, enter:
/usr/sbin/pac -Pputnam408 lucy suki myralou
Specifies the command path Accounting information summary
file. Printer information summary file, where printcap
symbol af defines the name of the accounting file.
Commands: acct(8), acctcms(8), acctcom(8), acctcon(8),
acctmerg(8), acctprc(8), printcap(4), runacct(8)
pac(8)
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