accounts

Syntax
Category	Files
Type	Definition
Description	contains a history of computer usage by user. To capture accounting data for a specific user add the character "a" to the "options" attribute (9) in the "users" file. An item exists in the "accounts" file for each user. The item-id from the "users" file is the item-id in the "accounts" file. Accounting may be suppressed system-wide by removing the "accounts" file. Accounting information is gathered from the "pibs" file when the user logs off. "acc" is a synonym of "accounts". The attributes in the "accounts" file are: 0 user Item-id consists of "users" id. 1 md Name of md (item-id in the "mds" file) for the accounting period. 2 l-date Log date of the accounting data. 3 l-time Log time of the accounting data. 4 acct-time Accounting period to the second. 5 cpu Central processing unit (cpu) execution time (in tenths of seconds) used by this process for the accounting period. 6 pages Number of printer pages output for accounting period.
Options
See Also	acc listacc users acc (R83) pibs
Example
Warnings
Compatibility	D3 7.0 AP