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ParaStation5 Administrator's Guide 75
psaccounter
psaccounter — Write accounting information from the ParaStation psid to the accounting files.
Synopsis
psaccounter [ -e | --extend ] [ -d | --debug=pattern ] [ -F | --foreground ] [ -l | --logdir=dir ] [ -f | --
logfile=filename ] [ -p | --logpro ] [ -c | --dumpcore ] [ --coredir=dir ] [ -v | --version ] [ -? | --help ] [--usage]
Description
The command psaccounter collects information about jobs from the ParaStation psid daemon and writes
this information to the accounting files. For each day, a particular file called yyyymmdd is created within
the accounting directory /var/account.
The psaccounter is typically started by the psid(8) using the pseudo hardware configuration accounter
entry within parastation.conf.
Options
-e, --extend
Write extended information to the accounting file. In addition to entries for job terminations, it will also
record job queue, start and delete information.
-d, --debug=flag
Print debug information. Pattern can be a combination of the following bits:
Pattern Description
0x010 More warning messages
0x020 Show process information (start, exit)
0x040 Show received messages
0x080 Very verbose output
0x100 Show node information on startup
Table 5. Psaccounter debug flags
As the accounter is typically not run directly, but started by the psid(8), the start
script /opt/parastation/config/ps_acc should be modified to enable this
debugging facilities.
-F, --foreground
Don't fork and go to background.
-l, --logdir=accountdir
Create accounting files within directory accountdir. Using -, all accounting information is written to
stdout.
-f, --logfile=filename
Write debug and error messages to filename. Using - as filename, messages are written to stdout.
By default, all debug and error messages are sent to syslog.
-p, --logpro=command
Define a post processing command for accounting files. If defined, this command is called everytime a
new accounting file is created. The filename of the current accounting file is appended to the command.