Q_GETFMT(2const)

Q_GETFMT2const

Get quota format

Usage

#include <sys/quota.h>

int quotactl(QCMD(Q_GETFMT, type), const char *_Nullable special, int id, caddr_t addr);

#include <sys/quota.h> /* Definition of Q_* constants */ #include <sys/syscall.h> /* Definition of SYS_* constants */ #include <unistd.h>

int syscall(SYS_quotactl_fd, int fd, QCMD(Q_GETFMT, type), int id, int32_t *addr);

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Overview

Get quota format used on the specified filesystem.

The addr argument should be a pointer to a 4-byte buffer where the format number will be stored.

Return value

See quotactl(2).

Errors

See quotactl(2).

Standards

Linux.

History

Linux 2.4.22.

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.