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`repquota(8)` on Solnix vs Linux and the BSDs

On Solnix, repquota is the illumos repquota at /usr/sbin/repquota. It reports quotas only for ufs file systems and has just two options, -a and -v. The Linux and BSD -g, -u, -n and -h options are not documented on the Solnix page.

The manual pages

Solnix: repquota(8) from pkgs.solnix.illumos-world-man · illumos.org
Linux: repquota(8) quota-4.11
FreeBSD: repquota(8) 15.1-RELEASE
OpenBSD: repquota(8) 8.0
NetBSD: repquota(8) 11.0

What Solnix runs

A default Solnix system runs the illumos repquota at /usr/sbin/repquota. No other variants are shipped. The page says the target file system must have a file named quotas in its root directory.

Differences

Compared with	Topic	What differs
all four	user/group selection	The Solnix page documents no `-u` or `-g` and does not say whether group quotas are reported. Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD all have `-g` and `-u`. Linux defaults to user quotas only. The BSDs default to both user and group quotas if they exist. Source: Solnix repquota(8) SYNOPSIS, OPTIONS; Linux repquota(8) -g, -u; FreeBSD repquota(8) -g, -u; OpenBSD repquota(8) -g, -u; NetBSD repquota(8) -g, -u
all four	`-v` meaning	On Solnix, `-v` reports quotas for all users, even those who use no resources. On FreeBSD and OpenBSD, `-v` prints a header line before each file system's quotas. NetBSD `-v` does both. Linux `-v` reports all quotas and is more verbose about quotafile information. Source: Solnix repquota(8) -v; FreeBSD repquota(8) -v; OpenBSD repquota(8) -v; NetBSD repquota(8) -v; Linux repquota(8) -v
all four	`-a` source of file system list	Solnix `-a` reports mounted ufs file systems with rq in the mntopts field of `/etc/vfstab.` FreeBSD and OpenBSD use all file systems in `/etc/fstab.` NetBSD uses all mounted file systems. Linux uses read-write file systems with quotas in `/etc/mtab.` Source: Solnix repquota(8) -a; FreeBSD repquota(8) -a; OpenBSD repquota(8) -a; NetBSD repquota(8) -a; Linux repquota(8) -a
Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD	human-readable output	Solnix has no human-readable option; sizes are in kilobytes. FreeBSD and NetBSD have `-h`. Linux has `-s` (`--human-readable`) and takes optional unit letters. In Linux, `-h` is not listed. Source: Solnix repquota(8) DESCRIPTION; FreeBSD repquota(8) -h; NetBSD repquota(8) -h; Linux repquota(8) -s
Linux, FreeBSD	numeric IDs	Solnix documents no option to skip name lookup. FreeBSD `-n` and Linux `-n` (`--no-names`) print numeric user and group IDs. Source: Solnix repquota(8) OPTIONS; FreeBSD repquota(8) -n; Linux repquota(8) -n
Linux	output formats and scripting	Linux repquota offers `-O` csv or xml output, `-p` for raw grace-period times in seconds since epoch, and `-P` for project quotas. The Solnix page documents none of these, so scripts cannot get machine-readable output from it. Source: Linux repquota(8) -O, -p, -P; Solnix repquota(8) OPTIONS
NetBSD	quota dump	NetBSD repquota `-x`, or the quotadump name, exports quota data in a format for quotarestore(8). The Solnix page documents no export mode. Source: NetBSD repquota(8) SYNOPSIS, -x; Solnix repquota(8) OPTIONS
all four	file system scope	The Solnix page describes repquota as for ufs file systems and refers to quotactl(4I). The other pages say 'file systems' without naming ufs. Linux `-F` selects a quota format such as vfsv0 or xfs. Source: Solnix repquota(8) NAME, DESCRIPTION, SEE ALSO; Linux repquota(8) -F; FreeBSD repquota(8) NAME
all four	who may run it	Solnix and NetBSD say only the super-user may use or view quotas that are not their own. FreeBSD and OpenBSD also allow members of the operator group. Linux says only the super-user may view quotas that are not their own. Source: Solnix repquota(8) DESCRIPTION; NetBSD repquota(8) DESCRIPTION; FreeBSD repquota(8) DESCRIPTION; OpenBSD repquota(8) DESCRIPTION; Linux repquota(8) OPTIONS
Linux	limit-exceeded markers	Linux repquota prints two characters in the second column showing whether the space and inode limits are exceeded. The Solnix page does not describe this column. Source: Linux repquota(8) DESCRIPTION; Solnix repquota(8) DESCRIPTION

Standards

POSIX: repquota is not a POSIX.1-2024 utility.
Solnix: The page refers to largefile(7) for behaviour with files of 2 Gbyte (2^31 bytes) or more, and to attributes(7).

Writing portable scripts

Use only the file system name argument (and nothing else) in portable scripts. The set of options, default selection of user or group quotas, and -v meaning all differ between Solnix, Linux and the BSDs.
Do not parse the output. The page documents no output format on Solnix or the BSDs, and only Linux offers csv or xml with -O.

Every difference here is taken from the manual pages linked above: Solnix's published page, Linux (man-pages and the GNU and util-linux manuals), FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD. Each row names its source. Where a manual is silent, this page is too. Compiled 2026-10-26. Found a mistake? Mail hackers@lists.solnix.io.