Check amount of remaining AFS space

Introduction

Andrew File System (AFS) space is a space to store files and web pages that can then be accessed from anywhere with an Internet connection. At the University of Alberta, each Campus Computing ID (CCID) is given access to 24 GB of AFS disk space. (Note: as of April 2023, AFS space is no longer available for alumni and new students.) This article contains instructions for checking your disk quota of your AFS Storage Space. Additionally it provides commands for clearing additional space, if necessary.

(If you want to check your e-mail disk quota, look underneath the lower left corner of your Gmail message list.)

Applicability

This article can be used by anyone with a valid CCID wishing to check available disk space on AFS. To check how much space you have left in your account, you must log in to the Central Login Server via SSH. If you don't know how to do this, please see KB0012061.

Procedure

Once you've logged in to the login server and have a system prompt,

Type: fs quota, and press Enter

You will see a number followed by a percent sign (%). This is the percentage of your allotted space that you've used up so far.

If you've used up close to (or over) 100%, you should clear some space. Here are some commands that will help you:

ls -l lists files and directories cd directoryname changes directory cd .. move up a directory pwd displays current directory rm filename removes a file more filename displays contents of a file pico filename edit a file rmdir directoryname remove an empty directory
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