# accounts file

The accounts file contains a history
of computer usage by user.

## Description

To capture accounting data for
a specific user, add the character a to the options attribute (9)
in the users file.

An item exists in the accounts file for each
user. The item-ID from the users file is the item-ID in the accounts file.

Accounting may be suppressed system-wide
by removing the accounts file. Accounting information is gathered
from the pibs file when the user logs off.

The attributes in the accounts file are:

| Attribute | Name | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 0 | user | Item-ID consists of the users ID. |
| 1 | MD | Name of the master dictionary (item-ID in the mds file) for the accounting period. |
| 2 | l-date | Log date of the accounting data. |
| 3 | l-time | Log time of the accounting data. |
| 4 | acct-time | Accounting period to the second. |
| 5 | cpu | Central Processing Unit (CPU) execution time (in tenths of seconds) used by this process for the accounting period. |
| 6 | pages | Number of printer pages output for accounting period. |
| 7 | pib# | Pib number user employed for the session. |

## See also

- [listacc command](https://d3codex.com/tcl/listacc-command/)
- [pibs file](https://d3codex.com/systemfiles/pibs-file/)
- [users file](https://d3codex.com/systemfiles/users-file/)

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Source: https://d3codex.com/systemfiles/accounts-file/ - part of the D3Codex reference.