Re: Application Usage/User Stats/Events
Re: Application Usage/User Stats/Events
- Subject: Re: Application Usage/User Stats/Events
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:41:35 -0400
Thanks Terry! Now I just have to figure out how to get the status/name
of the current active application, that way I can start/stop timers
when the user switches apps and obviously when they open/close them.
-Juan
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On Oct 22, 2009, at 1:09 PM, Terry Lambert <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Oct 21, 2009, at 5:54 PM, email@hidden wrote:
>> I'm triying to write either a perl script, c, or cocoa application
>> that runs in the background to monitor/log application usage on a
>> per user level to later generate reports from.
>>
>> What specific API's/Methods should I be using? What user activities/
>> events/stats can I monitor?
>>
>> I'm thinking along the lines of Active Timer, Log Application
>> Usage, and TrackTime. The only thing that limits these applications
>> are their inability to autostart hidden out of the way in the
>> background.
>>
>> I'll appreciate any help.
>
>
> There are already facilities for this:
>
> man sa process accounting
> man audit common criteria auditing (BSM)
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> -- Terry
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