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Understanding Accounting Files   



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.)


 
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