WRACCT(1M)WRACCT(1M)NAMEwracct - 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 represent‐
ing the resource usage of a selected set of processes or tasks. For
tasks, a record_type option is also supported, allowing the administra‐
tor to request the writing of:
o an interval record, which reflects task usage since a previ‐
ous 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 argu‐
ment. 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 con‐
structing and writing an extended accounting record.
task
Treat the given ID as a task ID for the purposes of con‐
structing 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 ALSOacctadm(1M), attributes(5)
Jul 13, 2005 WRACCT(1M)