Quotas

Every user's home directory has a limited amount of disk space that it may occupy. This is called a quota. Most users will never have a problem by exceeding their quota. You may check to see how much disk space you are using with the command

joeblow@laser% quota -v

If you find that you are close to your quota, check to see if there are any files you can delete. The systems staff can also show you how to compress files so that they take up less space. If you believe you have a valid need for a larger quota, you may request it from the systems staff.