Q: How much space do I have in my home space? What do I do if I exceed my quota?
A (I): The space you have allotted in your home space (your quota) is 25 megabytes. To see how much of your quota you have used, type quota in an x-term window. You will be told how much of your allotted disk space you have used and how much is still available. It is very important that you learn how to manage your quota. If you exceed your quota, you may not be allowed to log back into your account.
If you are taking a geography class, such as a GIS or remote sensing class, you will be given additional space in a class directory (50 megabytes per lab class). You should save all class-related work in this directory and not in your home space. To check your class space quota use the command quota -v.
A (II): If you exceed your quota, you must delete some of the files in your home space. To see a listing of the files in your homespace, type ls. To see how much disk space your files and directories are using, type du." "Du" will allow you to identify files that are taking up large amounts of disk space. It is recommended that you set your Netscape cache to zero, since your Netscape cache can take up a significant amount of your quota (use the Netscape Help to find out how to do this). You should also check your e-mail files, which can become quite large if someone sends you a large attachment or if you send out a large attachment, since a copy of this sent mail is copied into your "sent-mail" folder. If you have files in your pub directory, these can also affect your quota.