Files in the /var/adm/acct/nite(x) directory

The following files are in the /var/adm/acct/nite(x) directory.

Item Description
active Used by the runacct command to record progress and print warning and error messages. The file active. mmdd is a copy of the active file made by the runacct program after it detects an error.
cms ASCII total command summary used by the prdaily command.
ctacct.mmdd Connect total accounting records.
ctmp Connect session records.
daycms ASCII daily command summary used by the prdaily command.
daytacct Total accounting records for one day.
dacct Disk total accounting records, created by the dodisk command.
accterr Diagnostic output produced during the execution of the runacct command.
lastdate Last day the runacct executed, in date +%m%d format.
lock1 Used to control serial use of the runacct command.
lineuse tty line usage report used by the prdaily command.
log Diagnostic output from the acctcon1 command.
logmmdd Same as log after the runacct command detects an error.
reboots Contains beginning and ending dates from wtmp, and a listing of system restarts.
statefile Used to record the current state during execution of the runacct command.
tmpwtmp wtmp file corrected by the wtmpfix command.
wtmperror Contains wtmpfix error messages.
wtmperrmmdd Same as wtmperror after the runacct command detects an error.
wtmp.mmdd Contains previous day's wtmp file. Removed during the cleanup of runacct command.