WRACCT(8) Maintenance Procedures WRACCT(8)

NAME

wracct - write extended accounting records for active processes and tasks

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/wracct -i id_list [-t record_type]
{process | task}

DESCRIPTION

The wracct utility allows the administrator to invoke the extended
accounting system, if active, to write intermediate records representing
the resource usage of a selected set of processes or tasks. For tasks, a
record_type option is also supported, allowing the administrator to
request the writing of:

o an interval record, which reflects task usage since a previous
interval record (or since task creation if there is no
interval record), or

o a partial record, which reflects usage since task creation.

OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

-i id_list
Select the IDs of the tasks or processes to write
records for. Specify id_list as a comma- or space-
separated list of IDs, presented as a single argument.
For some shells, this requires appropriate quoting of
the argument.


-t record_type
Select type of record to write for the selected task or
process. For tasks, record_type can be partial or
interval. partial is the default type, and the only
type available for process records.

OPERANDS

The following operands are supported:

process
Treat the given ID as a process ID for the purposes of
constructing and writing an extended accounting record.


task
Treat the given ID as a task ID for the purposes of
constructing and writing an extended accounting record.

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Writing a Partial Record

Write a partial record for all active sendmail processes.


# /usr/sbin/wracct -i "`pgrep sendmail`" process

Example 2: Writing an Interval Record

Write an interval record for the task with ID 182.


# /usr/sbin/wracct -t interval -i 182 task

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned:

0
Successful completion.


1
An error occurred.


2
Invalid command line options were specified.


3
Pertinent components of extended accounting facility are not active.

FILES

/var/adm/exacct/task


/var/adm/exacct/proc
Extended accounting data files.

SEE ALSO

attributes(7), acctadm(8)


July 13, 2005 WRACCT(8)