ac(8)ac(8)NAMEac - Outputs connect-session records
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/ac [-dp] [-w filename] [user(s) ...]
OPTIONS
Outputs the total connect time for each midnight-to-midnight period for
which a wtmp file exists. When user(s) is specified, this option limits
the output to the login names specified by any user(s)operand(s).
Outputs the connect time total by individual login name of the user
specified with the -p option and the user(s) operand. Omission of this
option permits a total only for the midnight-to-midnight time period
for all logged in users to be produced. Specifies a wtmp file other
than the /var/adm/wtmp file. The wtmp file you access for data may have
been created automatically by some shell script administration command
(for example, runacct) or manually by the system administrator when the
original /var/adm/wtmp file becomes too large.
DESCRIPTION
The ac command prints to the default output device the total connect
time in hours to the nearest hundredth for all users, or the connect
time for any user(s) specified with the -p option. It also prints the
names of users specified by the user(s) operand who have logged in dur‐
ing the life of the current /var/adm/wtmp file.
Connect-time records are written by the init and the login programs and
are collected in the /var/adm/wtmp file, when such a file exists. When
a /var/adm/wtmp file does not exist, no connect-time accounting records
are written; consequently, when connect-time records are wanted, the
system administrator should create a /var/adm/wtmp file that has an
initial record length of 0 (zero). Records in wtmp files (there may be
more than one such file) should be processed periodically to keep the
files from becoming too large.
When you use the runacct command in a shell script, additional wtmp
files can be automatically created whenever the current wtmp file
becomes too large. You can output the contents of any of these other
files when you specify the -w option and the desired wtmp filename.
The ac command is run independently with respect to any accounting
shell procedure created or run by any of the acct/* shell procedures or
runacct commands.
EXAMPLES
To obtain an output of the total connect time for all users who have
logged in during the life of the current wtmp data file, enter:
/usr/sbin/ac To obtain an output of the total connect time for grossman
and mcwhinney as recorded in the default wtmp data file, enter:
/usr/sbin/ac grossman mcwhinney To obtain an output of the connect
time subtotals for grossman and mcwhinney as recorded in the default
wtmp data file, enter: /usr/sbin/ac -p grossman mcwhinney
FILES
Specifies the command path. Is the active data file for the collection
of connect-time records.
SEE ALSO
Commands: login(1), init(8)ac(8)