NAME

       fs_setquota - Sets the 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> [-h]

       fs sq [-p <dir/file path>] -m <max quota> [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       The fs setquota command sets the quota (maximum possible size) of the read/write 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.

CAUTIONS

       Currently, the maximum quota for a volume is 2 terabytes (2^41 bytes). Note that this only affects the
       volume's quota; a volume may grow much larger if the volume quota is disabled. However, volumes over 2
       terabytes in size may be impractical to move, and may have their size incorrectly reported by some tools,
       such as fs_listquota(1).

OPTIONS

       -path <dir/file 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.

           Specify  the  read/write  path  to  the  file  or  directory,  to avoid the failure that results from
           attempting to change a read-only volume. By convention, the read/write path is indicated by placing a
           period before the cell name at the pathname's second  level  (for  example,  /afs/.example.com).  For
           further discussion of the concept of read/write and read-only paths through the filespace, see the fs
           mkmount reference page.

       -max <max quota>
           Sets the maximum amount of file server disk space the volume can occupy.  The quota value should be a
           positive integer followed by an optional suffix: "K" for kibibytes (1024 bytes, the default), "M" for
           mebibytes  (1024  kibibytes),  "G"  for  gibibytes  (1024  mebibytes),  and  "T"  for tebibytes (1024
           gibibytes).  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/example.com/usr/smith directory:

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

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

       The issuer must belong to the system:administrators group.

SEE ALSO

       fs_examine(1), fs_listquota(1), fs_quota(1), fs_mkmount(1), fs_setvol(1)

COPYRIGHT

       IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.

       This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0.  It was converted from HTML  to  POD
       by  software  written  by  Chas  Williams  and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth
       Cassell.

OpenAFS                                            2025-03-21                                     FS_SETQUOTA(1)