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quota(1)						      General Commands Manual							  quota(1)

NAME

       quota - displays disk usage and limits

SYNOPSIS

       quota [-agGuUqv]

       quota [-a] [-g] [groupname] [-qv]

       quota [-a] [-G] [groupID] [-qv]

       quota [-a] [-u] [username] [-qv]

       quota [-a] [-U] [userID] [-qv]

OPTIONS

       Displays  quota information for all mounted file systems: those in the /etc/fstab file and those mounted manually or with automount. The -q
       option takes precedence over the -a option.  When specified without the groupname argument, displays group quotas for groups of	which  you
       are  a member. Displays group quotas for the group when you specify groupname.  When specified without the groupID argument, displays group
       quotas for groups of which you are a member. Displays group quotas for the group when you specify groupID.  Displays only your user  quotas
       (the  default)  when  specified without the username argument.  Displays user quotas for the user when you specify username.  Displays only
       your user quotas (the default) when specified without the userID argument.  Displays user quotas for the  user  when  you  specify  userID.
       Displays  information  only  for  file  systems	that  have  disk quotas and where usage is over quota. Takes precedence over the -v and -a
       options.  Displays quota information for all mounted file systems that are specified in the /etc/fstab file.   Quota  information  is  dis-
       played for each file system whether or not quotas are enabled for it.  The -q option takes precedence over the -v option.

DESCRIPTION

       The quota command displays disk space usage and limits. Disk quotas are displayed as 1 kilobyte blocks.

       By  default, only your user quotas are displayed.  If you use the -g or the -G option without an argument, the quota command displays group
       quotas for groups of which you are a member.

       Unless you use the -v option, the quota command reports only on file systems listed in /etc/fstab that have disk quotas and under which you
       have  files. If quota exits with a status of 1, one or more file systems are over quota.  If quota exits with a status of 2, there are sys-
       tem errors.

NOTES

       The term file system represents either a UFS file system or an AdvFS fileset.

       Do not use both a user and a group option in the same command.

RESTRICTIONS

       You must be the root user to use the optional username or userID argument to view information about another user, or to	use  the  optional
       groupname or groupID argument to view information about a group to which you do not belong.

FILES

       Contains user quotas for each file system.  Contains group quotas for each file system.	Contains file system names and locations.

SEE ALSO

       edquota(8), quot(8), quotacheck(8), quotaon(8), quotaoff(8), repquota(8), quotactl(2), fstab(4)

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QUOTAON(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 						QUOTAON(8)

NAME

     quotaon, quotaoff -- turn filesystem quotas on and off

SYNOPSIS

     quotaon [-g] [-u] [-v] filesystem ...
     quotaon [-g] [-u] [-v] -a
     quotaoff [-g] [-u] [-v] filesystem ...
     quotaoff [-g] [-u] [-v] -a

DESCRIPTION

     Quotaon announces to the system that disk quotas should be enabled on one or more filesystems.  Quotaoff announces to the system that the
     specified filesystems should have disk quotas turned off.	The filesystem must be mounted and it must have the appropriate mount option file
     located at its root, the .quota.ops.user file for user quota configuration, and the .quota.ops.group file for group quota configuration.
     Quotaon also expects each filesystem to have the appropriate quota data files located at its root, the .quota.user file for user data, and
     the .quota.group file for group data.  These filenames and their root location cannot be overridden.  By default, quotaon will attempt to
     enable both user and group quotas.  By default, quotaoff will disable both user and group quotas.

     Available options:

     -a      If the -a flag is supplied in place of any filesystem names, quotaon/quotaoff will enable/disable any filesystems with an existing
	     mount option file at its root.  The mount option file specifies the types of quotas that are to be configured.

     -g      Only group quotas will be enabled/disabled.  The mount option file, .quota.ops.group, must exist at the root of the filesystem.

     -u      Only user quotas will be enabled/disabled.  The mount option file, .quota.ops.user, must exist at the root of the filesystem.

     -v      Causes quotaon and quotaoff to print a message for each filesystem where quotas are turned on or off.

     Specifying both -g and -u is equivalent to the default.

     Quotas for both users and groups will automatically be turned on at filesystem mount if the appropriate mount option file and binary data
     file is in place at its root.

FILES

     Each of the following quota files is located at the root of the mounted filesystem.  The mount option files are empty files whose existence
     indicates that quotas are to be enabled for that filesystem.

     .quota.user       data file containing user quotas
     .quota.group      data file containing group quotas
     .quota.ops.user   mount option file used to enable user quotas
     .quota.ops.group  mount option file used to enable group quotas

SEE ALSO

     quota(1), quotactl(2), edquota(8), quotacheck(8), repquota(8)

HISTORY

     The quotaon command appeared in 4.2BSD.

4.2 Berkeley Distribution					 October 17, 2002					 4.2 Berkeley Distribution
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