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.TH Q_GETSTATS 2const 2026-06-05 "Linux man-pages 6.19"
.SH NAME
Q_GETSTATS
\-
get statistics about the quota subsystem
.SH LIBRARY
Standard C library
.RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <sys/quota.h>
.P
[[deprecated]]
.BI "int\~quotactl(QCMD(Q_GETSTATS, " type "), NULL, 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
[[deprecated]]
.BI "int\~syscall(SYS_quotactl_fd, int\~" fd ", QCMD(Q_GETSTATS, " type "), 0,"
.BI "            struct\~dqstats\~*" addr );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Get statistics and other generic information about the quota subsystem.
.P
The
.I addr
argument should be a pointer to a
.I dqstats
structure in which data should be stored.
This structure is defined in
.IR <sys/quota.h> .
.SH RETURN VALUE
See
.BR quotactl (2).
.SH ERRORS
See
.BR quotactl (2).
.SH STANDARDS
None.
.SH HISTORY
This operation is obsolete and was removed in Linux 2.4.22.
.P
Files in
.I /proc/sys/fs/quota/
carry the information instead.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR quotactl (2),
.BR quotactl_fd (2)