Subject: Re: none

From: Bradley James Deason <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 15:57:40 -0600 (CST)

What is the meaning of "disk quota exceeded," and how can I correct the
problem?

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From: Norbert Koch <[email-masked]>
Date: 03 Feb 1998 16:03:52 +0100

>>>On Mon, 2 Feb 1998 15:57:40 -0600 (CST), Bradley James Deason <[email-masked]> said:

 BJD> What is the meaning of "disk quota exceeded," and how can I
 BJD> correct the problem?

The amount of disk space the system administrator has assigned to you
is at its end ... you can correct this problem by deleting old files
you don't need any longer (perhaps after you've made a backup of them,
just to be sure).

hth, norbert

-- 
Norbert Koch
a rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing!

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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 10:32:10 -0600 (CST)

>From: Norbert Koch <[email-masked]>
>Date: 03 Feb 1998 16:03:52 +0100

>The amount of disk space the system administrator has assigned to you is at
>its end ... you can correct this problem by deleting old files you don't need
>any longer (perhaps after you've made a backup of them, just to be sure).

Why is this message so mysterious to so many?

You may have had a core dump into your home directory upon losing your session.
Look for a binary file (you can't read it with a pager) called "core". Delete
it, and it should free up disk space.

Get yourself a book that discusses commonly used Unix commands, and learn them.
The "quota" command will tell you what your quota is. "du" tells you your
current usage. "man [command]" will give extensive help with any command. Don't
know the correct command? Type "apropos [keyword]" which searches man pages for
the keyword you listed. "ls" lists your file names.

To look for files that resulted from core dumps, try "ls -alF". You may have to
pipe it to a pager for easier reading: ls -alF|more

-a lists hidden files, -l gives a long listing with byte count, and -F puts a
slash after directory names and an asterisk after executables.