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Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition
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Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition

by Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
September 2009
Beginner
942 pages
85h 34m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

repquota

Synopsis

repquota [options] [filesystem]

System administration command. Generate a report on disk usage and quotas for the specified filesystem.

Options

-a, --all

Generate report for all filesystems in /etc/mtab that support quotas.

-c, --batch-translation

Translate UIDs and GIDs in batches. (Faster for /etc/passwd.)

-C, --no-batch-translation

Translate UIDs and GIDs individually. (Faster for database lookups.)

-F format, --format=format

Report on quotas for the specified format. (See quota for valid formats.)

-g, --group

Report group quotas.

-i, --no-autofs

Ignore automount mount points.

-n, --no-names

Use UIDs and GIDs instead of names. (Generates faster reports.)

-p, --raw-grace

When user is in a grace period, print a timestamp (seconds since epoch) marking when the grace period expires.

-s, --human-readable

Report sizes in more human-readable units.

-t, --truncate-names

Truncate user and group names to nine characters.

-u, --user

Report user quotas. (This is the default.)

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