Xref: utzoo comp.unix.wizards:11329 comp.bugs.4bsd:1022 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!ece-csc!ncsuvx!gatech!rutgers!bellcore!faline!sword!arrow!yba From: yba@arrow.bellcore.com (Mark Levine) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.bugs.4bsd Subject: Re: patch to du to restrict to one file-system Keywords: du patch file-system Message-ID: <884@sword.bellcore.com> Date: 24 Sep 88 01:08:50 GMT References: <294@mars.UUCP> <632@ecrcvax.UUCP> Sender: news@sword.bellcore.com Reply-To: yba@arrow.UUCP (Mark Levine) Organization: Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ Lines: 10 If this is a recurring problem with your system (how to find out who is using the disk space), you may find it worthwhile to just use the quota mechanism. Even if you don't want to enforce small quotas, you can give all users unbounded use of the disk and still get a report of who is using how much across logins. And, of course, if you do need to enforce limits on use, well, it is designed for same. Eleazor bar Shimon, once and future Carolingian yba@sabre.bellcore.com