Command Reference Manual

fs setquota

Purpose

Sets the maximum quota for the volume containing a file or directory

Synopsis

fs setquota [-path <dir/file path>] 
            -max <max quota in kbytes>  [-help]
   
fs setq [-p <dir/file path>]  -m <max quota in kbytes>  [-h] 
  
fs sq [-p <dir/file path>]  -m <max quota in kbytes>  [-h]

Description

The fs setquota command sets the quota (maximum possible size) of the ReadWrite volume that contains the directory or file named by the -path argument.

To set the quota on multiple volumes at the same time, use the fs setvol command.

To display a volume's quota, use the fs examine, fs listquota or fs quota command.

Options

-path

Names the directory or file for which to set the host volume's quota. Partial pathnames are interpreted relative to the current working directory, which is also the default value if this argument is omitted.

-max

Sets the maximum amount of file server disk space the volume can occupy. Provide an positive integer to indicate the number of one-kilobyte blocks (1024 is one megabyte). A value of 0 sets an unlimited quota, but the size of the disk partition that houses the volume places an absolute limit on the volume's size.

If the -path argument is omitted (to set the quota of the volume housing the current working directory), the -max switch must be included with this argument.

-help

Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

Examples

The following command imposes a maximum quota of 3000 kilobytes on the volume that houses the /afs/abc.com/usr/smith directory:

% fs setquota -path /afs/abc.com/usr/smith -max 3000

Privilege Required

The issuer must belong to the system:administrators group.

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