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pac(8)
NAME
  pac - Outputs printer/plotter accounting information

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

FLAGS
  -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 flag is used with the -c flag.

  -s	    Writes printer accounting information to a summary file. You must
	    specify the -P flag and printer name (or synonym) when you use
	    this flag. 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 flag 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 flag 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 flags 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.

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

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