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<h2 class="chapter">2 <code>accton</code></h2>
<p><code>accton</code> turns process accounting on or off. To save process
accounting information in <var>accountingfile</var>, use:
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<p><code>accton <var>accountingfile</var></code>
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<h3 class="section">2.1 Flags</h3>
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<dt><code>-V</code></dt>
<dt><code>--version</code></dt>
<dd><p>Print <code>accton</code>’s version number.
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<dt><code>-h</code></dt>
<dt><code>--help</code></dt>
<dd><p>Print <code>accton</code>’s usage string and default locations of system files
to standard output.
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<dt><code>on</code></dt>
<dd><p>Turns on process accounting using the default accounting file.
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<dt><code>off</code></dt>
<dd><p>Turns off process accounting.
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