acct (5) Linux Manual Page
acct – process accounting file Synopsis #include <sys/acct.h> Description If the kernel is built with the process accounting option enabled (CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT), then calling acct(2) starts process accounting, for example: acct("/var/log/pacct"); When process accounting is enabled, the kernel writes a record to the accounting file as each process on the system terminates. This record contains information…
