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pac(8)


NAME

  pac - Outputs printer/plotter accounting information


SYNOPSIS

  pac [-cmrs] [-p price] [-P printer] [name]


OPTIONS

  -c  Sorts output according to the computed cost instead of alphabetically
      according to user.

  -m  Groups all printing charges for the user specified by name, without
      regard for the host machine from which printing was invoked.

  -p price
      The dollar amount charged per unit of output specified by price. The
      default dollar amount charged is $0.02 per unit.

  -P printer
      Specifies the printer for which accounting records are produced.
      Alternatively, the system selects the printer named with the PRINTER
      environment variable, or the default printer lp0.

  -r  Reverses the sorted order, so that records are listed alphabetically
      from z to a, or in descending order by computed cost when this option
      is used with the -c option.

  -s  Writes printer accounting information to a summary file. You must
      specify the -P option and printer name (or synonym) when you use this
      option. Output is made to a file that is associated with the af entry
      for the specified printer in the /etc/printcap file. This file is
      located in the /usr/adm directory. The file name is usually the af
      accounting file name, with the letters _sum (summary) appended, for
      example: /usr/adm/lp2acct_sum. Accounting information is in three
      unheaded columns in the format:

	   pages/feet	machinename:username   runs


DESCRIPTION

  When printer accounting is enabled in the /etc/printcap file, and you use
  the pac command in a shell script or from the standard input, pac outputs
  printer/plotter accounting records to the standard output for each user of
  the printer specified with the -P option and printer name or for users
  specified with the name parameter.  The unit used for printer accounting is
  the number of pages printed.	However, for raster devices (such
  typesetters, and plotters) length in feet of print medium (film, for
  example) is the unit used.  Output units are expressed both as the number
  of units used and the charge in dollars according to the price specified
  with -p option and price amount per unit.  The printer/plotter accounting
  output has the following column headings and format:

       Login		      pages/feet   runs	    price
       chicken:rcb	      19.00	   2	    $  0.38
       sardine:jmp	      22.00	   3	    $  0.44
       hunch:lucy	      53.00	   12	    $  1.06
       stovetop:suki	      1.00	   1	    $  0.02
       newspaper:myralou      834.00	   202	    $ 16.68
       wimbledon:nhk	      69.00	   20	    $  1.38
       norfolk:sophie	      184.00	   17	    $  3.68

  There are four fields, each with its own column heading, in each record of
  the default output produced by the pac command: 1) the machine from which
  the print command was entered and login name is entered in the Login
  column; 2) the number of pages or feet of paper output is entered in the
  page/feet column; 3) the number of times the printer was used is entered in
  the runs column; and 4) the cost computed at the default or specified price
  is entered in the price column.


EXAMPLES

   1.  To print printer/plotter accounting information for all users of
       default printer lp0 to the standard output device, enter:
	    /usr/sbin/pac

       Output is sorted alphabetically according to machine name and
       username. The number of printed pages or feet of output paper used and
       the charge per foot of paper or page is computed at the default dollar
       amount of $0.02 per page because no options are specified.

   2.  To write accounting records for printer printer1 in a summary file,
       enter the following line as a superuser or as adm:
	    /usr/sbin/pac  -Pprinter1 -s

       Summary information is written to the file /var/adm/printer1acct_sum.

   3.  To produce accounting information for users lucy, suki and myralou for
       pages printed on printer putnam408, enter:
	    /usr/sbin/pac  -Pputnam408	lucy suki myralou


FILES

  /usr/sbin/pac
      Specifies the command path

  /var/adm/printeracct_sum
      Accounting information summary file.

  /etc/printcap
      Printer information summary file, where printcap symbol af defines the
      name of the accounting file.


SEE ALSO

  Commands: acct(8), acctcms(8), acctcom(8), acctcon(8), acctmerg(8),
  acctprc(8), printcap(4), runacct(8)

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