Q_GETFMT(2const) Q_GETFMT(2const)

Q_GETFMT - get quota format

Standard C library (libc-lc)

#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);

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.

See quotactl(2).

See quotactl(2).

Linux.

Linux 2.4.22.

quotactl(2), quotactl_fd(2), Q_QUOTAON(2const)

2026-06-05 Linux man-pages 6.19