A 40MB disk storage quota has been set on staff and faculty home directories residing on CCS administered computer systems (for example, Phoenix and the e-mail servers). Disk storage is a shared resource, and is not unlimited. Extravagant or accidental use by a few could result in unacceptable limitations for others. Establishing a disk storage quota enables us to monitor disk usage and anticipate future disk space requirements. Justifiable disk quota increases will not be unreasonably denied. People who now exceed the 40MB limit have been given a temporary higher quota. They will be asked to review their storage needs and will be urged to delete, compress, or otherwise economize their use of disk space. To display your disk quota, enter the command: quota (from Phoenix) or quota -v (from the e-mail servers) You'll see something like this: Filesystem blocks quota limit files quota limit /home/sta/... 1165 40960 40960 173 10240 10240 or Filesystem usage quota limit timeleft files quota limit timeleft /home/sta 1165 40960 40960 173 10240 10240 The "blocks" or "usage" columns indicate the amount of space used, the "quota" columns list the maximum space available to your account. The numbers are in kilobyte units, dividing by 1024 gives the megabyte equivalent. In this example, about 1.14MB (1165/1024) of the 40MB (40960/1024) quota has been used. Please direct any questions regarding ways to reduce your current disk usage to the CCS Help Desk, e-mail [log in to unmask] or call extension 55800. -- Marshal Linfoot Phone: (416) 736-5257 x22691 Manager, UNIX Technical Support FAX: (416) 736-5701 CCS, York University E-mail: [log in to unmask]