acctcom(ADM)
acctcom --
search and print process accounting file(s)
Syntax
acctcom [ options ] [ files ]
Description
acctcom reads file, the standard input, or
/usr/adm/pacct, in the form described by
acct(FP)
and writes selected records to the standard output.
Each record represents the execution of one process.
The output shows the
COMMAND Name,
USER,
TTYName,
START TIME,
END TIME,
REAL(SEC),
CPU(SEC),
MEAN SIZE(K),
and optionally,
F
(the fork/exec flag:
1 for fork without exec),
STAT
(the system exit status),
HOG FACTOR,
KCORE MIN,
CPU FACTOR,
CHARS TRNSFD
and
BLOCKS READ (total blocks read and written).
The command name is prepended with a ``#'' if it was executed with
super user privileges.
If a process is not associated with a known terminal,
a ``?'' is printed in the TTYName field.
If no files are specified, and
if the standard input is associated with a terminal
or /dev/null
(as is the case when using ``&'' in the shell),
acctcom reads /usr/adm/pacct;
otherwise, it reads the standard input.
If any file arguments are given, acctcom
reads them in the order that they are specified.
Normally, acctcom reads each file forward,
that is, in chronological order by process completion time.
acctcom usually examines
/usr/adm/pacct as the current file;
a busy system may need several such files
of which all but the current file are found in
/usr/adm/pacct?.
acctcom takes the following options:
-a-
Show some average statistics about the processes selected.
The statistics will be printed after the output records.
-b-
Read backwards, showing latest commands first.
This option has no effect when the standard input is read.
-C sec-
Show only processes with total CPU
time, system plus user, exceeding sec seconds.
-e time-
Select processes existing at or before time.
time has the format:
hh[:mm[:ss]]
hh is the hour (00-23),
mm is the minute (00-59), and
ss is the second (00-59).
The default value for both mm and ss is 00.
-E time-
Select processes ending at or before time.
See the description for -e for the format of time.
Using the same time for both -S and -E
shows the processes that existed at time.
-f-
Print the fork/exec
flag and system exit status columns in the output.
-g group-
Show only processes belonging to group.
The group may be designated by either the
group ID or group name.
-h-
Instead of mean memory size,
show the fraction of total available
CPU time consumed by the process
during its execution.
This ``hog factor'' is computed as:
(total CPU time)/(elapsed time).
-H factor-
Show only processes that exceed factor,
where factor is the ``hog factor'' as explained in option
-h above.
-i-
Print columns containing the I/O counts in the output.
-I chars-
Show only processes transferring more characters than
the cut-off number given by chars.
-k-
Instead of memory size, show total kcore-minutes.
-l line-
Show only processes belonging to terminal
/dev/line.
-m-
Show mean core size (the default).
-n pattern-
Include commands matching pattern
that may be an Extended Regular Expression (ERE as defined in
regexp(M)).
-o ofile-
Copy selected process records in the input data format to
ofile; suppress standard output printing.
-O sec-
Show only processes with CPU
system time exceeding sec seconds.
-q-
Do not print any output records; just print the average statistics as with
the -a option.
-r-
Show CPU factor: user time/(system-time + user-time).
-s time-
Select processes existing at or after
time.
See the description for -e for the format of time.
-S time-
Select processes starting at or after time.
See the description for -e for the format of time.
-t-
Show separate system and user
CPU
times.
-u user-
Show only processes belonging to user
that may be specified by: a user ID,
a login name that is then converted to a user ID,
a ``#'' which designates only those processes executed with
super user privileges, or ``?''
which designates only those processes associated with unknown
user IDs.
-v-
Exclude column headings from the output.
Limitations
acctcom reports only on processes that have terminated; use
ps(C)
for active processes.
If time exceeds the present time, then time
is interpreted as occurring on the previous day.
Files
/etc/passwd
/usr/adm/pacct
/etc/group
See also
acct(ADM),
,acct(S-osr5)
acct(FP),
acctcms(ADM),
acctcon(ADM),
acctmerg(ADM),
acctprc(ADM),
acctsh(ADM),
fwtmp(ADM),
ps(C),
regexp(M),
runacct(ADM),
su(C),
utmp(F)
Standards conformance
acctcom is conformant with
AT&T SVID Issue 2.
© 2005 The SCO Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
SCO OpenServer Release 6.0.0 -- 03 June 2005