The system gathers information about resource use. For example,
the information can include the resources such as CPU time used
by each print job. The system stores this information in accounting
files.
The resources tracked by default depend on the model of computer
you use. However, you can control which resources are tracked. If
you do not want to track resource use, you can stop the accounting
file tracking resource use altogether. (See
Controlling Which Resources Are Tracked.)
Each node in an OpenVMS Cluster has its own accounting file,
known as its current accounting file. By default,
this file is SYS$MANAGER:ACCOUNTNG.DAT, but you can control which file is used (see
Moving the Accounting File).
The information in the accounting files is in binary. You
cannot display it with the TYPE command. To display the information,
use the Accounting utility (ACCOUNTING). (See
Producing Reports of Resource Use.)