Expand the quotactl.2 manpage with a description for quotactl_path() that takes a mountpoint path instead of a path to a block device. Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- man2/quotactl.2 | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- man2/quotactl_path.2 | 1 + 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 man2/quotactl_path.2 diff --git a/man2/quotactl.2 b/man2/quotactl.2 index 7869c64ea..76505c668 100644 --- a/man2/quotactl.2 +++ b/man2/quotactl.2 @@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ quotactl \- manipulate disk quotas .PP .BI "int quotactl(int " cmd ", const char *" special ", int " id \ ", caddr_t " addr ); +.BI "int quotactl_path(int " cmd ", const char *" mountpoint ", int " id \ +", caddr_t " addr ); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION The quota system can be used to set per-user, per-group, and per-project limits @@ -48,7 +50,11 @@ after this, the soft limit counts as a hard limit. .PP The .BR quotactl () -call manipulates disk quotas. +and +.BR quotactl_path () +calls manipulate disk quotas. The difference between both functions is the way +how the filesystem being manipulated is specified, see description of the arguments +below. The .I cmd argument indicates a command to be applied to the user or @@ -75,10 +81,19 @@ value is described below. .PP The .I special -argument is a pointer to a null-terminated string containing the pathname +argument to +.BR quotactl () +is a pointer to a null-terminated string containing the pathname of the (mounted) block special device for the filesystem being manipulated. .PP The +.I mountpoint +argument to +.BR quotactl_path () +is a pointer to a null-terminated string containing the pathname +of the mountpoint for the filesystem being manipulated. +.PP +The .I addr argument is the address of an optional, command-specific, data structure that is copied in or out of the system. @@ -133,7 +148,17 @@ flag in the .I dqi_flags field returned by the .B Q_GETINFO -operation. +operation. The +.BR quotactl_path () +variant of this syscall generally ignores the +.IR addr +and +.IR id +arguments, so the +.B Q_QUOTAON +operation of +.BR quotactl_path () +is only suitable for work with hidden system inodes. .IP This operation requires privilege .RB ( CAP_SYS_ADMIN ). diff --git a/man2/quotactl_path.2 b/man2/quotactl_path.2 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5f63187c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/man2/quotactl_path.2 @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +.so man2/quotactl.2 -- 2.20.1
