Return to CK:P Specific SoftwareMyquota is utility to determine how much of the disk space you are allocated on the server you are presently using. This space is takenn up by the various files, mail messages and programs that you might store in your account.
Understanding the output: After typing myquota you'll see a result that resembles the following
Here is your quota information.
0% used in home directory (mounted on /home)
Current=19k; quota=4500k; hard limit=5000k
2% used in mail inbox (mounted on /var/mail)
Current=6k; quota=250k; hard limit=1000k
The first line tels you what percentage of your quota is being used in your home directory. Below that line you'll see another line which gives you more detailed information.
The third line tells you the percentage of your mail quota you are using. The amount of space that is being taken up by your incoming mailbox is not counted against your total account quota. By looking at the hard limit value on the fourth line you can determine how much total incoming mail you can receive at any one time.
Following the quota information are several helpful screens of information on how to manage your files under unix. You should read these carefully. They have been reporduced below for your convenience.
QUOTAS
What is a Quota? What is disk space?
Disk space is a resource which is shared among all users of a computer
system. Mail, images, data files, and programs all use up disk space. To
allow everyone to have a fair share of disk space, everyone must have a
disk quota, or a limit on the amount of disk space they can use.
On oberon, users have a quota of 9,000K (9 megabytes) for their home directory
and 200K (200,000 bytes) for their mail inbox. These limits should
be more than enough for most purposes.
1. home directory: Every account has a home directory. All files for the
account are stored in the home directory. This includes mail folders,
files you write yourself, and files you get from other sites via FTP,
gopher, or the WWW. This data is backed up regularly.
2. mail inbox: Your mail inbox is where your incoming mail is placed.
Note: If you exceed quota in your mail inbox, your incoming mail will
"bounce" and not reach you. Mail inboxes are NOT backed up. For this
reason, you should always move mail out of your INBOX and
into other folders as soon as possible.
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How Do I Keep My Disk Consumption Below Quota?
Here's how the quota information will be displayed:
42% used in home directory (mounted on /home)
Current=3868k; quota=9000k; hard limit=10000k
25% used in mail inbox (mounted on /var)
Current=128k; quota=500k; hard limit=1000k
If you are above 75% on either of the above quotas, you will need to
delete files from your home directory and mail messages from your INBOX.
To Reduce Disk Consumption in Your Mail Inbox
-Delete mail messages you do not want to keep.
-Save mail messages to specific folders.
To Delete Files From Your Home Directory
(The following two steps assume you are at the unix prompt.)
1. To list the files in your home directory, type:
ls -l
Example:
-rw-r--r-- 1 zinga users 1599 Apr 21 14:06 quota.txt
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(permissions) (file size) (file name)
2. To delete a file
rm [file name]
Example (To delete the "quota.txt" file.):
rm quota.txt
If you have problems with these procedures,
send email to trouble@pps.pgh.pa.us.
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