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.TH Q_GETINFO 2const 2026-06-05 "Linux man-pages 6.19"
.SH NAME
Q_GETINFO
\-
get information about quotafile.
.SH LIBRARY
Standard C library
.RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <sys/quota.h>
.P
.BI "int\~quotactl(QCMD(Q_GETINFO, " type "), const\~char\~*_Nullable\~" special ", 0,"
.BI "             caddr_t\~" addr );
.P
.BR "#include <sys/quota.h>" "    /* Definition of " Q_* " constants */"
.BR "#include <sys/syscall.h>" "  /* Definition of " SYS_* " constants */"
.B #include <unistd.h>
.P
.BI "int\~syscall(SYS_quotactl_fd, int\~" fd ", QCMD(Q_GETINFO, " type "), 0,"
.BI "            struct\~dqinfo\~*" addr );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Get information (like grace times) about quotafile.
.P
The
.I addr
argument should be a pointer to a
.BR dqinfo (2type)
structure.
.P
Currently,
the kernel fills in all entries of the
.BR dqinfo (2type)
structure and marks them all as valid in the
.I .dqi_valid
field.
.SH RETURN VALUE
See
.BR quotactl (2).
.SH ERRORS
See
.BR quotactl (2).
.SH STANDARDS
Linux.
.SH HISTORY
Linux 2.4.22.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR quotactl (2),
.BR quotactl_fd (2),
.BR Q_SETINFO (2const),
.BR dqinfo (2type)