Accounting file formats
The following table summarizes the accounting file output and formats.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| wtmp | Produces the active process accounting file. The format of the wtmp file is defined in the utmp.h file. For information about the utmp.h file, see utmp.h. |
| ctmp | Produces connect session records. The format is described in the ctmp.h file. |
| pacct* | Produces active process accounting records. The format of the output is defined in the /usr/include/sys/acct.h file. |
| Spacct* | Produces process accounting files for mmdd during the running of the runacct command. The format of these files is defined in the sys/acct.h file. |
| daytacct | Produces total accounting records for one day. The format of the file is defined in the tacct file format. |
| sum/tacct | Produces binary file that accumulates each day's command summaries. The format of this file is defined in the /usr/include/sys/acct.h header file. |
| ptacct | Produces concatenated versions of pacct files. The format of these files are defined in the tacct file. |
| ctacct | Produces connect total accounting records. The output of this file is defined in the tacct file. |
| cms | Produces total accounting command summary used by the prdaily command, in binary format. The ASCII version is nite/cms. |
| daycms | Daily command summary used by the prdaily command, in binary format. The ASCII version is nite/daycms. |