Check the Size of your Home Directory

Conrad McGarry updated July 16, 2014 at 12:25 PM

Questions Addressed

• How do I find out how much space my home directory is taking up on igpphome? How do I find out how much space my home directory is taking up on igpphome?

To see how much space your files are taking on IGPPHome:

1. Open a terminal window and a SSH connection to one of the Barnyard computers.
   1. For example, type the following command: ssh username@clyde.ucsd.edu
2. Issue the following command:
   1. du -ksh ~ myname myname /
   2. --replace byname byname with the name of your folder
   3. This should look something like:
      
      
      
      
3. The command returns one line, beginning with the total size of your home folder ("G" means Gigabytes)

Note: When connecting from outside the UCSD network, VPN is required. Click here to learn