Disk quota
Quota
Command for showing the actual quota and used disk space of your own account: quota -v
Exemplification:
Disk quotas for user xxxxxx (uid xxx):
| Filesystem | blocks | quota | limit | grace | files | quota | limit | grace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kronos-gb:/home/users4 | 1500174 | 3000000 | 3100000 | 24930 | 150000 | 160000 |
Annotations:
1. number (here: 1500174): The disk place (kB) you are using at the moment.
2. number (here: 3000000): The maximum disk space (kB) you are allowed to use, before you
get problems with the log in.
3. number (here: 3100000): up to this limit (kB) data can be stored.
numbers 4 to 6: the same for count of files.
Command du
The command du shows the zeigt disk place usage of directories: du -h [directory]
The optional parameter -h gives you the disk space in a better readable format.
Example input: du -h test/
Example output: 48K test/
This means the directory test uses 48 Kilobyte of the available disk space.
More information about du can be obtained using the command man du.