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Old 09-16-2008
" ls -lrt " not working ! --- Need a insight from a expert .

Hi ! All

This might be a silly question.. to experts in unix. but defintely its a interesting question and I want to know the root cause.

Here is the problem....

I have a Linux OS box. It has diff files systems.
When I go to a DIR like this
/RootDIR/NFS/myDIR and give ls -lart .. it is not displaying anything.
But when I do this...

cd /RootDIR/NFS
ls -lrt
cd /RootDIR/NFS/myDIR
ls -lrt -- is working.


Then I found out I had huge files under "myDIR" after I remove them.. rather moved them to another DIR ( /RootDIR/NFS/myDIR2). I was able to do a ls -lrt and it was working normal.

> First I thought it was a NFS mounting issue.
but it wasn't.
> second I thought OS is malfuntioning.
> But now, I'm convinced... its just a problem with myDIR "quota"

Having said .. that.

when i give " ulimit" its saying " ulimited".

pls help me to understand... or direct me to some doc where I learn about this.

Thanks a million. !
# 2  
Old 09-16-2008
"ls -lrt" is not working... Need help

Hi ! All

This might be a silly question.. to experts in unix. but defintely its a interesting question and I want to know the root cause.

Here is the problem....

I have a Linux OS box. It has diff files systems.
When I go to a DIR like this
/RootDIR/NFS/myDIR and give ls -lart .. it is not displaying anything.
But when I do this...

cd /RootDIR/NFS
ls -lrt
cd /RootDIR/NFS/myDIR
ls -lrt -- is working.


Then I found out I had huge files under "myDIR" after I remove them.. rather moved them to another DIR ( /RootDIR/NFS/myDIR2). I was able to do a ls -lrt and it was working normal.

> First I thought it was a NFS mounting issue.
but it wasn't.
> second I thought OS is malfuntioning.
> But now, I'm convinced... its just a problem with myDIR "quota"

Having said .. that.

when i give " ulimit" its saying " ulimited".

pls help me to understand... or direct me to some doc where I learn about this.

Thanks a million. !
# 3  
Old 09-16-2008
Code:
cd /RootDIR/NFS/mydir
quota -v

Disk quota can be enforced on a single filesystem or on a user's directory(ies)
There are two components - total bytes used, total number of files used.
Some systems may have other enforceable disk quotas.

Also, define doesn't work. What you are probably seeing is a long "hang" after you enter the command. If your NFS connection is slow/far away and there are lots of files then ls -lrt will take a long time to return. ls has to read all of the file entries on the remote system before it can display the first line.
# 4  
Old 09-16-2008
What are the permissions of the directory /RootDIR/NFS and /RootDIR/NFS/myDIR?

Not sure what version of Linux you're using, but for me, in Solaris, to determine if an account has a quota (and what it might be):
Code:
quota -v username

# 5  
Old 02-14-2009
Hammer & Screwdriver

The problem was.. the current dir was having HUGE files.. 9GB.

Once I move those to a diff file system.. it worked. :-)
 
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