NAME

       dump-acct - print an acct file in human-readable format.

SYNOPSIS

       dump-acct  [-r|--reverse]  [-R|--raw]  [--format]  version]  [--byteswap]  [--ahz] hertz] [-n|--num recs]
       [-h|--help] [ files]

DESCRIPTION

       dump-acct filename prints a list of all executed processes. This list is written by the kernel which must
       be compiled with BSD process accounting enabled (Debian kernel image have it already enabled). It must be
       started  with  accton(5).   Note  that  on  Debian  systems,  this  is  ensured  via  the   init   script
       /etc/init.d/acct.

       All  fields  are  separated  by  vertical  line.  Fields  are:  command, version, user time, system time,
       effective time, uid, gid, memory, io, pid, ppid, time.  User, system and effective times  are  ticks  per
       second. One tick is usually 1/50 of a second. The time field shows the start time of the process.

       The --raw switch, as well as the --format, --byteswap, and --ahz can be used as a handy format converter.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              Prints the usage string and default locations of system files to standard output and exits.

       -n, --num recs
              Number of lines to print.

       -r, --reverse
              Start printing from last records.

       -R, --raw
              Print raw records, not human-readable.

       --format version
              Use specified format version to display records.

       --byteswap
              Swap bytes endianness when reading records.

       --ahz  Use specified units of time to display data from other kernel versions and architectures.

FILES

       acct   The system wide process accounting file. See acct(5) for further details.

SEE ALSO

       acct(5), ac(8).

AUTHOR

       The GNU accounting utilities were written by Noel Cragg <noel@gnu.ai.mit.edu>.

       This  manual  page  was  written  by  Ognyan  Kulev  <ogi@fmi.uni-sofia.bg> and updated by Daniel Baumann
       <daniel@debian.org> and Mathieu Trudel <mathieu.tl@gmail.com> for the Debian project (but may be used  by
       others).

6.4pre1                                            2006-04-22                                       DUMP-ACCT(8)