wracct(1M)

NAME

     wracct  -  write  extended  accounting  records  for  active
     processes and tasks

SYNOPSIS

     /usr/sbin/wracct [-trecord_type] i id_list {task | process}

DESCRIPTION

     The wracct utility allows the administrator  to  invoke  the
     extended accounting system, if active, to write intermediate
     records representing the resource usage of a selected set of
     processes  or tasks. For tasks, a record_type option is also
     supported, allowing the administrator to request the writing
     of  a  partial  record,  which leaves the current task usage
     unchanged, or an interval  record,  which  resets  the  task
     usage  to  zero  for  that  system task, with respect to the
     extended accounting  subsystem.   If  interval  records  are
     used, the total task usage is the sum of all interval
      records and the final record written at the task's  comple-
     tion.  If  partial  records  are used, the completion record
     reflects the total resource usage.

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 argument.
           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 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
           constructing   and   writing  an  extended  accounting
           record.

     task  Treat the given ID as a task ID for  the  purposes  of
           constructing   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.

ATTRIBUTES

     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWcsu                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|

SEE ALSO

     attributes(5)