The amount of disk space you can use in your home directory is limited. This limit is called your disk quota.

Work in progress

This page was automatically migrated from the legacy Taggi site ( https://taggi.cse.unsw.edu.au/FAQ/Disk_Quota/) and is pending review. Content, links and screenshots may be incomplete or incorrect.

Checking your disk quota

space - Your current usage of allocated space(in MB)
quota - Your quota, with period of grace
limit - Your quota, hard limit without grace

If you go over your quota

You will receive a warning mail.
For one week, you will be able to store up to your limit.
After the end of that week, you will not be able to save anything until you go back under your quota

Deleting files

Reducing the file space used

Empty the Trash Folder

Command-line programs for Trash

List Trash contents

trash-list

Delete Trash older than 7 days

trash-empty 7

Delete all Trash

trash-empty

Look for the largest files and directories

Disk Usage Analyzer App. (baobab)

Baobab is a Desktop/GUI program and only works on Lab computers or Vlab Desktop Sessions, or if you are using SSH with X-Forwarding. Otherwise, run the ncdu program.

Console Programs

ncdu

du, sort

Things you can safely delete

Caches

.cache .config/Code/Cache .config/Code/CachedExtensionVSIXs .gradle/caches .npm/_cacache

VS Code folders

Downloads

The directory Downloads/ probably contains many files you do not need any more.

Python Libraries

Old NodeJS libraries: node_modules

Old class files

You probably do not need to keep files from classes in previous terms. You can copy those files to your personal computer, then delete the files in your CSE account.

Disk Quota