Subject: help.

From: Brian Matthew Flatley <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 01:45:00 -0500 (EST)

i keep getting this message as i get into the system:

"/disc20/student/bleyle/.pinerc":fisc quota exceeded.

it's preventing me from saving things into files.

how can i fix this problem?
brian flatley.

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 11:02:31 +0100 (CET)

>how can i fix this problem?

Now, that's pretty serious. I guess, "fisc quota" is a typo. As a matter of
fact, this phenomenon is usually called a "fish quota", which means that you
have too many fish in your computer. You need to talk to your sysadmin who
will tell you how to get rid of them.

In the meantime, the first thing to do for you is to check your quota. Try
man quota for further info. You'll then want to try

        cd      #This gets you to you to the top of your home dir
        df      #This tells you how much free space there is right now
        du      #This shows you which dirs take how much space
        
The last command is especially interesting, since e.g. Netcrap tends to pile
up huge amounts of cached data in a hidden dir ".netscape". Consequently,
you'll want to remove those files/dirs that you don't need and that take the
most space.

Cheers,
Robin

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