Running out of DISK SPACE??

Tips to save / reclaim disk space.

1. REDUCE your Netscape disk cache size! Here's what you have to do.
   • Select "Edit->Preferences" on the menu bar.
     (Click "Edit" then select Preferences.)
   • Select "Advanced->Cache" to display the cache information by clicking  the "Arrow" to the left of "Advanced " then selecting Cache.
   • Set the size of the disk cache to a small value. (<100 Kbytes)
   • Optionally: You can clear the disk cache by selecting the "Clear Disk Cache" button and then confirm when prompted.
   • Click "OK" to save the new preferences.
2. If you do a lot of surfing on the internet, it would be wise to delete your history list every so often. Netscape remembers every page that you have accessed. Optionally, you can automatically set how long you want to keep entries in the history file. Here's how:
   • Select "Edit->Preferences" on the menu bar.
   • Select "Navigator" item.
   • Change "history expires" value to suit your surfing needs.
   • Optionally, you can clear the History list by select on the "Clear History" button.
3. Check your mail folders for old or unwanted messages.
   • For Netscape Mail, delete the message or move the message to the "Trash" folder.
     Be sure to remember to "Empty the Trash Folder"!
   • For Pine, in index mode or message mode, select the message, mark the message for deletion by pressing the "D" Key. Remember to say yes if you are prompted to confirm deletion of marked messages when you exit pine or close the folder.
   • If you send a lot of messages or a few large messages, be sure to check  your "Draft, Unsent, Post-phoned or Sent-mail folders.  By default, Netscape Mail and Pine, will save a copy of outgoing messages that are sent or  forwarded.  You might want to delete some of these messages.
4. Check your home directory for any old files that you do not need.  Files like your output from previous assignments.  You will need to do this from a unix shell window. A unix shell icon should be available on the toolbar at the bottom of the screen.  If the icon is not there, the simplest way to open a Unix window is to click start button on the toolbar and choose "New Shell".  You will need to one or more these basic unix commands to remove files.   
   • "cd"  - changes to the named directory. ("cd mail " will change the mail directory.)
   • "ls"  - provides a directory listing of the current directory.  ("ls -l" will provide a detailed directory listing.)
   • "man" - displays the manual page of the named command.  ("man man" will display information about the man command.)
   • "rm"  - deletes the named file(s).  ("rm foo " will delete the file named foo.)

You are responsible for keeping your disk usage below your assigned limits. Failure to do so, will mean that you WILL NOT be able to login on theCQUEST workstations at the sites.