The accounts file contains a history of computer usage by user.
acc
To capture accounting data for a specific user, add the character a to the options attribute (9) in the users file.
An item exists in the accounts file for each user. The item-ID from the users file is the item-ID in the accounts file.
Accounting may be suppressed system-wide by removing the accounts file. Accounting information is gathered from the pibs file when the user logs off.
The attributes in the accounts file are:
| Attribute | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | user | Item-ID consists of the users ID. |
| 1 | MD | Name of the master dictionary (item-ID in the mds file) for the accounting period. |
| 2 | l-date | Log date of the accounting data. |
| 3 | l-time | Log time of the accounting data. |
| 4 | acct-time | Accounting period to the second. |
| 5 | cpu | Central Processing Unit (CPU) execution time (in tenths of seconds) used by this process for the accounting period. |
| 6 | pages | Number of printer pages output for accounting period. |
| 7 | pib# | Pib number user employed for the session. |