Quotas allow you to limit the amount of space a user or group can use
and / or the number of files a user or group can create on a filesystem
(FS). The following shows how to set up these quotas and the expected
user experience. Our host details for this are:
Showing posts with label inode. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inode. Show all posts
16 April 2011
03 November 2010
Free Space and Inodes
Have you ever exhausted capacity on a volume when it still shows storage
space available? The following details such a situation where the
intention is to simply copy some man pages into a directory.
space available? The following details such a situation where the
intention is to simply copy some man pages into a directory.
18 October 2010
Strange Filenames
Inevitably, while working on a server, one will come across a file with a
strange name that seemingly cannot be easily operated upon. Some examples
of commonplace files tend to be "!" and "@", wherein the "strange" file
was created while working perhaps in vi. Other examples may be "--", "*",
strange name that seemingly cannot be easily operated upon. Some examples
of commonplace files tend to be "!" and "@", wherein the "strange" file
was created while working perhaps in vi. Other examples may be "--", "*",
File Times
Occasionally it may be necessary to determine the various times of a file.
These times break down to access (when the file was last accessed),
modification (time of last modification), and inode (time of last
modification of the inode (mode / permission changes, etc.). FreeBSD,
These times break down to access (when the file was last accessed),
modification (time of last modification), and inode (time of last
modification of the inode (mode / permission changes, etc.). FreeBSD,
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