Subject: quota

From: Stephanie Michelle Skinner <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:55:18 -0500 (EST)

hi. i am writing from unc-asheville pine system. when i log on, it says i
have exceeded my quota and need to delete some files. however, i have
deleted everything i know of: my incoming files, my sent mail, and all of
my other folders. what am i not doing? thanks!
stephanie

"SMALL1DER" :) 

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From: Ken Woods <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 13:16:19 -0500 (EST)

man du

exit pine, and type du -k | more

Look for something that has a big number on the left side, and if you
don't need it, delete it.

If du -k |more doesn't reveal anything, then try this:

cd
ls -la

Look in the center of the screen, for something with big numbers.
Don't need it, delete it.

If all fails, call the help desk at UNC.

(sigh, this makes up for my posts to cmp, doesn't it???)

On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Stephanie Michelle Skinner wrote:

> hi. i am writing from unc-asheville pine system. when i log on, it says
> i have exceeded my quota and need to delete some files. however, i have
> deleted everything i know of: my incoming files, my sent mail, and all
> of my other folders. what am i not doing? thanks!  stephanie

-- 
Ken Woods
[email-masked]

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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:23:46 -0600 (EST)

>From: Stephanie Michelle Skinner <[email-masked]>
>Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:55:18 -0500 (EST)

>my other folders. what am i not doing?

You are not asking in the right place. We cannot help you on this mailing list;
you must ask your system administrator.

You must also use capital letters at the beginning of sentences. Jeeze.

Assuming you are on a Unix system, the command "ls -a" will list all the files
in the particular directory, including hidden files that begin with ".".

Perhaps you had a session that crashed, resulting in a core dump. You may have
a file called "core" taking up all that space. Delete it.

"ls -al" will list all files, together with their length.

For more information, ask for help from your own system. No one on this mailing
list can help you; all we can do is guess.

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From: Stephanie Michelle Skinner <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 13:28:22 -0500 (EST)

i typed in du -k|more and then it went to a prompt of stdin:end 
what do i type in to go delete the things i found? i cant get to them to
delete them! ha! thanks for all of your help. stephanie

"SMALL1DER" :)

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From: Michael Thomas Cope <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 10:39:56 -0800 (PST)

> my other folders. what am i not doing? thanks!
This is a good question for your local system administrators since it has
to do with the _system_ quota, not any pine quota.  If you have shell
access, try the following (% stands for command prompt)
% cd ~
% du *

The listing that shows up should show the sizes of all files and
subdirectories.  Look for big numbers and delete things you don't need.
You probably also have files in an incoming mail directory. 
-- 
Michael Cope: Harvey Mudd College '00; Armand Hammer UWC '96
E-mail: [email-masked]

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From: Michael Thomas Cope <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 11:12:20 -0800 (PST)

> delete them! ha! thanks for all of your help. stephanie
You have to quit more by pressing Ctrl-C or q
Then you can delete the files with (% is shell prompt)
% rm filename
#deletes file 
% rm -r directoryname 
#deletes entire directory and all subdirectory
BE CAREFUL.  There is no undelete in Unix
If you want to be safer, try 
% mv filename /tmp
or 
% mv directoryname /tmp
then 
% cd /tmp
% rm filename
or
% rm -r directoryname

If you made a mistake in moving the file you can move it back with
% cd /tmp
% mv filename ~
-- 
Michael Cope: Harvey Mudd College '00; Armand Hammer UWC '96
E-mail: [email-masked]