ACCT_PROCESS(9)

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version 11.0 · 2 versions
, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ACCT_PROCESS(9) 💅

okay so this is a page from the Kernel Developer's Manual — yes, kernel devs have manuals too, and yes, this one is about ✨process accounting✨. stay with me bestie, it's actually cute and short.

🌸 NAME 🌸

acct_process — the little function that fills in and writes out the process accounting record 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <sys/acct.h>

int
acct_process(struct lwp *l);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So acct_process is the function that gets called when a process exits. Like, it's the last thing your process does before it's gone, and it's literally just here to do the receipts 💅

If accounting is turned off, it returns immediately — no notes, no drama, it just leaves. byeee 👋

But if accounting is turned on (turned on via acct(2), iykyk), then acct_process does two things, in order:

  1. it populates the accounting structure — the one described over in acct(5) 📋
  2. then it writes the accounting record out to the file specified by acct(2) 📝

so it's giving "fill out the form, then file the form." main character energy honestly.

🌈 RETURN VALUES 🌈

acct_process returns 0 on success 🎉 and, on failure, it returns the same error codes as vn_rdwr(9) 😭

ngl if you're getting an error back, go read vn_rdwr(9) — that's where the actual error lore lives, this page is not the one spilling it.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

🫶 and that's the whole vibe. this page dropped from Debian on August 5, 2024 — screenshot it, cite it, love it. periodt. 💖

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