32v 1m sa

SA(1M) UNIX Programmer's Manual SA(1M)

NAME

    sa, accton - system accounting

SYNOPSIS

    sa [ -abcjlnrstuv ] [ file ]

    /etc/accton [ file ]

DESCRIPTION

    With an argument naming an existing _f_i_l_e, _a_c_c_t_o_n causes sys-
    tem accounting information for every process executed to be
    placed at the end of the file.  If no arguemnt is given,
    accounting is turned off.

    _S_a reports on, cleans up, and generally maintains accounting
    files.

    _S_a is able to condense the information in /_u_s_r/_a_d_m/_a_c_c_t into
    a summary file /_u_s_r/_a_d_m/_s_a_v_a_c_c_t which contains a count of
    the number of times each command was called and the time
    resources consumed.  This condensation is desirable because
    on a large system /_u_s_r/_a_d_m/_a_c_c_t can grow by 100 blocks per
    day.  The summary file is read before the accounting file,
    so the reports include all available information.

    If a file name is given as the last argument, that file will
    be treated as the accounting file; /_u_s_r/_a_d_m/_a_c_c_t is the
    default.  There are zillions of options:

    a    Place all command names containing unprintable charac-
         ters and those used only once under the name
         `***other.'

    b    Sort output by sum of user and system time divided by
         number of calls.  Default sort is by sum of user and
         system times.

    c    Besides total user, system, and real time for each com-
         mand print percentage of total time over all commands.

    j    Instead of total minutes time for each category, give
         seconds per call.

    l    Separate system and user time; normally they are com-
         bined.

    m    Print number of processes and number of CPU minutes for
         each user.

    n    Sort by number of calls.

    r    Reverse order of sort.

    s    Merge accounting file into summary file
         /_u_s_r/_a_d_m/_s_a_v_a_c_c_t when done.

    t    For each command report ratio of real time to the sum
         of user and system times.

    u    Superseding all other flags, print for each command in
         the accounting file the user ID and command name.

    v    If the next character is a digit _n, then type the name
         of each command used _n times or fewer.  Await a reply
         from the terminal; if it begins with `y', add the com-
         mand to the category `**junk**.' This is used to strip
         out garbage.

FILES

    /usr/adm/acct  raw accounting
    /usr/adm/savacct    summary
    /usr/adm/usracct    per-user summary

SEE ALSO

    ac(1), acct(2)