Q_GETSTATS(2const)

💅 Q_GETSTATS — the quota stats glow-up (that got cancelled) 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to Q_GETSTATS(2const) — yes it's a section-2 constant page, yes it's short, and yes it's a whole deprecated moment. sit with me, this'll take like two seconds. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

Q_GETSTATS</p> — get statistics about the quota subsystem. that's it. that's the job. 💖

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👑 LIBRARY 👑

Standard C library (libc, -lc) — the classic. she's been doing this since forever. 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <sys/quota.h>

[[deprecated]]
int quotactl(QCMD(Q_GETSTATS, type), NULL, 0,
             caddr_t addr);

and if you're on your syscall-girl era (iykyk):

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

[[deprecated]]
int syscall(SYS_quotactl_fd, int fd, QCMD(Q_GETSTATS, type), 0,
            struct dqstats *addr);

not me seeing [[deprecated]] twice 😭 the compiler is literally telling you to move on fr fr.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does it even do? she gets statistics and other generic information about the quota subsystem. the vibe is: numbers about quotas.

the addr argument should be a pointer to a dqstats structure, and that's where the data gets stored, bestie. the structure itself lives in <sys/quota.h> — it's defined right there. no cap. 💜

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🍓 RETURN VALUE 🍓

girl just go look at quotactl(2). everything you need is over there. 🙈

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🌈 ERRORS 🌈

same deal — quotactl(2). she's the main character, this page is the sidekick. 💀

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⭐ STANDARDS ⭐

None.</p> absolutely zero. nothing. not a single standard claims her. iconic behaviour honestly. 💅

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🧚 HISTORY 🧚

okay so this is the sad part. 😭 This operation is obsolete and was removed in Linux 2.4.22. she's gone, bestie. ghosted by the kernel.

but wait — the info didn't die, it just moved. the files in /proc/sys/fs/quota/ carry the information instead. so if you're out here missing her, that's where she lives now. 🎀

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👸 SEE ALSO 👸

• quotactl(2)
• quotactl_fd(2)

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and that's the whole page, babes. 🦋 this gem came to you straight from Linux man-pages 6.20 and she was last touched on 2026-06-05. go read the real quotactl(2) if you actually want to do something, mwah 💖✨