accounting: dump-acct
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1 5 `dump-acct'
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1 `dump-acct' dumps some of the contents of one or more `acct' files in
1 human readable form. Usage:
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1 `dump-acct [OPTS] FILES'
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1 Unless called with the `--raw' option, it prints a table with the
1 following fields, separated by vertical bars(`|'):
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1 `ac_comm'
1 name of the executed program
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1 `ac_version'
1 version of the `acct' file format
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1 `ac_utime'
1 user time
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1 `ac_stime'
1 system time
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1 `ac_etime'
1 elapsed time
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1 `ac_uid'
1 user id
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1 `ac_gid'
1 group id
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1 `ac_mem'
1 (average) memory usage
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1 `ac_io'
1 number of characters transferred on input/output
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1 `ac_pid'
1 process id
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1 `ac_ppid'
1 parent's process id
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1 All times will be given in platform dependent units ("`AHZ'"). Not
1 all of the above columns will actually appear, depending on what
1 information your operating system provides in it's `struct acct'.
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1 5.1 Flags
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1 `--ahz HZ'
1 Use this flag to tell the program what `AHZ' should be (in Hertz).
1 This option is useful if you are trying to view an `acct' file
1 created on another machine which has a different value for `AHZ'.
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1 `--byteswap'
1 Swap the bytes (relative to your system's native byte order) in
1 `--raw' output.
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1 `--format'
1 Set output format with `--raw' option.
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1 `-n NUM'
1 `--num NUM'
1 Limit the number of lines (or records with `--raw') to print.
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1 `-r'
1 `--reverse'
1 Read the accounting file backwards (print latest record first).
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1 `-R'
1 `--raw'
1 Don't print human readable output, dump the raw record instead.
1 Useful to convert between different Linux file formats (see below).
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1 `-h'
1 `--help'
1 Print `dump-acct''s usage string and default location of the
1 accouning file to standard output.
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1 `--byteswap' and `--format' options are only available with Linux
1 multiformat support. They only affect _output_ with the `--raw' option,
1 format and byte order of the input are automatically detected. Thus
1 they are useful to convert between different file formats.
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1 The `--ahz' option affects input and output (except for v3 file
1 format, which by definition is fixed to `AHZ=100'). If you ever need
1 to convert between different `AHZ' values, use a two-step process:
1 First convert to v3 format with the _old_ `AHZ' value, then convert to
1 the desired output format with the _new_ `AHZ' setting.
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