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40 .Nd get file system statistics
46 .Fn statvfs "const char *path" "struct statvfs *buf"
48 .Fn statvfs1 "const char *path" "struct statvfs *buf" "int flags"
50 .Fn fstatvfs "int fd" "struct statvfs *buf"
52 .Fn fstatvfs1 "int fd" "struct statvfs *buf" "int flags"
57 return information about a mounted file system.
59 is the path name of any file within the mounted file system.
69 return the same information about an open file referenced by descriptor
76 functions allow an extra
84 is specified, then only cached statistics are returned.
85 This can result in significant savings on non-local filesystems, where
86 gathering statistics involves a network communication.
92 calls are equivalent to the respective
102 Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
103 Otherwise, \-1 is returned and the global variable
105 is set to indicate the error.
110 fail if one or more of the following are true:
113 A component of the path prefix of
116 .It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
117 The length of a component of
121 characters, or the length of
127 The file referred to by
131 Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix of
134 Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating
140 points to an invalid address.
144 error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
150 fail if one or more of the following are true:
154 is not a valid open file descriptor.
157 points to an invalid address.
161 error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
172 functions first appeared in
177 family of functions which first appeared in