FSTATVFS
Section: POSIX Programmer's Manual (3P)
Updated: 2017
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NAME
fstatvfs,
statvfs
--- get file system information
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/statvfs.h>
int fstatvfs(int fildes, struct statvfs *buf);
int statvfs(const char *restrict path, struct statvfs *restrict buf);
DESCRIPTION
The
fstatvfs()
function shall obtain information about the file system containing
the file referenced by
fildes.
The
statvfs()
function shall obtain information about the file system
containing the file named by
path.
For both functions, the
buf
argument is a pointer to a
statvfs
structure that shall be filled. Read, write, or execute permission of
the named file is not required.
The following flags can be returned in the
f_flag
member:
- ST_RDONLY
-
Read-only file system.
- ST_NOSUID
-
Setuid/setgid bits ignored by
exec.
It is unspecified whether all members of the
statvfs
structure have meaningful values on all file systems.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion,
statvfs()
shall return 0. Otherwise, it shall return -1 and set
errno
to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The
fstatvfs()
and
statvfs()
functions shall fail if:
- EIO
-
An I/O error occurred while reading the file system.
- EINTR
-
A signal was caught during execution of the function.
- EOVERFLOW
-
One of the values to be returned cannot be represented correctly in
the structure pointed to by
buf.
The
fstatvfs()
function shall fail if:
- EBADF
-
The
fildes
argument is not an open file descriptor.
The
statvfs()
function shall fail if:
- EACCES
-
Search permission is denied on a component of the path prefix.
- ELOOP
-
A loop exists in symbolic links encountered during resolution of the
path
argument.
- ENAMETOOLONG
-
The length of a component of a pathname is longer than
{NAME_MAX}.
- ENOENT
-
A component of
path
does not name an existing file or
path
is an empty string.
- ENOTDIR
-
A component of the path prefix names an existing file that is neither
a directory nor a symbolic link to a directory, or the
path
argument contains at least one non-<slash>
character and ends with one or more trailing
<slash>
characters and the last pathname component names an existing file
that is neither a directory nor a symbolic link to a directory.
The
statvfs()
function may fail if:
- ELOOP
-
More than
{SYMLOOP_MAX}
symbolic links were encountered during resolution of the
path
argument.
- ENAMETOOLONG
-
The length of a pathname exceeds
{PATH_MAX},
or pathname resolution of a symbolic link produced an intermediate
result with a length that exceeds
{PATH_MAX}.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
Obtaining File System Information Using fstatvfs()
The following example shows how to obtain file system information for
the file system upon which the file named
/home/cnd/mod1
resides, using the
fstatvfs()
function. The
/home/cnd/mod1
file is opened with read/write privileges and the open file descriptor
is passed to the
fstatvfs()
function.
-
#include <sys/statvfs.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
struct statvfs buffer;
int status;
...
fildes = open("/home/cnd/mod1", O_RDWR);
status = fstatvfs(fildes, &buffer);
Obtaining File System Information Using statvfs()
The following example shows how to obtain file system information for
the file system upon which the file named
/home/cnd/mod1
resides, using the
statvfs()
function.
-
#include <sys/statvfs.h>
struct statvfs buffer;
int status;
...
status = statvfs("/home/cnd/mod1", &buffer);
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
chmod(),
chown(),
creat(),
dup(),
exec,
fcntl(),
link(),
mknod(),
open(),
pipe(),
read(),
time(),
unlink(),
utime(),
write()
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017,
<sys_statvfs.h>
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-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition,
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