Enables and disables process accounting.
int acct ( Path)
char *Path;
The acct subroutine enables the accounting routine when the Path parameter specifies the path name of the file to which an accounting record is written for each process that terminates. When the Path parameter is a 0 or null value, the acct subroutine disables the accounting routine.
If the Path parameter refers to a symbolic link, the acct subroutine causes records to be written to the file pointed to by the symbolic link.
If Network File System (NFS) is installed on your system, the accounting file can reside on another node.
Note: To ensure accurate accounting, each node must have its own accounting file. Although no two nodes should share accounting files, a node's accounting files can be located on any node in the network.
The calling process must have root user authority to use the acct subroutine.
| Path | Specifies a pointer to the path name of the file or a null pointer. |
Upon successful completion, the acct subroutine returns a value of 0. Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error.
The acct subroutine is
unsuccessful if one or more of the following are true:
If NFS is installed on the system,
the acct subroutine is unsuccessful if the following is true:
| ETIMEDOUT | The connection timed out. |