SYS_ACCT(9)                            Accounting Framework                           SYS_ACCT(9)



NAME
       sys_acct - enable/disable process accounting

SYNOPSIS
       long sys_acct(const char __user * name);

ARGUMENTS
       name
           file name for accounting records or NULL to shutdown accounting

DESCRIPTION
       Returns 0 for success or negative errno values for failure.

       sys_acct is the only system call needed to implement process accounting. It takes the name
       of the file where accounting records should be written. If the filename is NULL,
       accounting will be shutdown.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                               SYS_ACCT(9)