From 97494ccf8b0dfb0fb81a2938217bce867743483d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Brueffer Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 09:31:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] o split a sentence to make it more understandable o mention that the acctfile has to exist for accton to work [1] o add reference to acct.5 PR: 65071 [1] (slightly modified) Submitted by: Marc Silver X-MFC after: re approval --- usr.sbin/accton/accton.8 | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr.sbin/accton/accton.8 b/usr.sbin/accton/accton.8 index 20eb45a54b0c..73c7d2926113 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/accton/accton.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/accton/accton.8 @@ -16,8 +16,13 @@ utility is used for switching system accounting on or off. If called with the argument .Ar acctfile , -system accounting is enabled and a record of -every process that is started by the +system accounting is enabled. +The +.Ar acctfile +specified must exist prior to starting system accounting, or +.Nm +will return an error. +A record of every process that is started by the .Xr execve 2 system call and then later exits the system is stored in .Ar acctfile . @@ -33,4 +38,5 @@ default accounting file .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr lastcomm 1 , .Xr acct 2 , +.Xr acct 5 , .Xr sa 8