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From: ccsw@sun.cse.bris.ac.uk (Steff Watkins)
Subject: Re: Limiting Directory Sizes?
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Webmaster (info@dezines.com) wrote:

: Is there a way in UNIX to set a limit on a subdirectory so that no more
: than x amount of megs may be saved into it?

: For example, if I rent out 2 megs of space to a client, is there a command
: in UNIX where I could make sure that no more than 2 megs can be saved in
: his directory?

Hello,

  not really a Web question.. this is a Unix filesystem problem...

Just trying 'quota'ing the directory!!!

Steff