NAME

fstatvfs, statvfs - get file system information

SYNOPSIS

[XSI] #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 pathname exceeds {PATH_MAX} or a pathname component 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 of path is not a directory.

The statvfs() function may fail if:

[ELOOP]

More than {SYMLOOP_MAX} symbolic links were encountered during resolution of the path argument.

[ENAMETOOLONG]

Pathname resolution of a symbolic link produced an intermediate result whose length exceeds {PATH_MAX}.

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 <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 <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 IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <sys/statvfs.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 4, Version 2.

Issue 5

Moved from X/OPEN UNIX extension to BASE.

Large File Summit extensions are added.

Issue 6

The DESCRIPTION is updated to avoid use of the term "must" for application requirements.

The restrict keyword is added to the statvfs() prototype for alignment with the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard.

The wording of the mandatory [ELOOP] error condition is updated, and a second optional [ELOOP] error condition is added.