---
name: "accton"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "acct"
version: "6.6.4-8"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux", "freebsd", "openbsd", "macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/accton"
---

# accton(8)

turns process accounting on or off

## NAME

accton -  turns process accounting on or off

## SYNOPSIS

- **accton**

  \[*OPTION*\] on**\|**off**\|**filename

- **accton**

  \[ **-V** \| **--version** \] \[ **-h** \| **--help** \]

## DESCRIPTION

**accton** *filename* turns on process accounting.

## OPTIONS

-

  - **-V, --version**

  Print the version number of  **ac** to standard output and quit.

- **-h, --help**

  Prints the usage string and default locations of system files to standard output and exits.

- **on**

  Turns on process accounting using the default accounting file name.

- **off**

  Turns off process accounting.

## FILES

- *acct*

  The system wide process accounting file. See [**acct**(5)](/acct/5.md) (or **pacct**(5)) for further details.

## AUTHOR

The GNU accounting utilities were written by Noel Cragg \<noel@gnu.ai.mit.edu\>. The man page was adapted from the accounting texinfo page by Susan Kleinmann \<sgk@sgk.tiac.net\>.

## SEE ALSO

[**acct**(5)](/acct/5.md), [**ac**(1)](/ac/1.md)