ustat - get filesystem statistics
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Description
ustat() returns information about a mounted filesystem. dev is a device number identifying a device
containing a mounted filesystem. ubuf is a pointer to a ustat structure that contains the following
members:
daddr_t f_tfree; /* Total free blocks */
ino_t f_tinode; /* Number of free inodes */
char f_fname[6]; /* Filsys name */
char f_fpack[6]; /* Filsys pack name */
The last two fields, f_fname and f_fpack, are not implemented and will always be filled with null bytes
('\0').
Errors
EFAULTubuf points outside of your accessible address space.
EINVALdev does not refer to a device containing a mounted filesystem.
ENOSYS The mounted filesystem referenced by dev does not support this operation, or any version of Linux
before Linux 1.3.16.
History
SVr4. Removed in glibc 2.28.
ustat() is deprecated and has been provided only for compatibility. All new programs should use
statfs(2) instead.
HP-UXnotes
The HP-UX version of the ustat structure has an additional field, f_blksize, that is unknown elsewhere.
HP-UX warns: For some filesystems, the number of free inodes does not change. Such filesystems will
return -1 in the field f_tinode. For some filesystems, inodes are dynamically allocated. Such
filesystems will return the current number of free inodes.
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
ustat - get filesystem statistics
Return Value
On success, zero is returned and the ustat structure pointed to by ubuf will be filled in. On error, -1
is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.
See Also
stat(2), statfs(2) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-06-15 ustat(2)
Standards
None.
Synopsis
#include<sys/types.h>#include<unistd.h> /* libc[45] */
#include<ustat.h> /* glibc2 */
[[deprecated]]intustat(dev_tdev,structustat*ubuf);