Since this is shared disk space, remember to remove your data files from these directories when you are done using them. No backups of this temporary space are usually made. Files that have been left in this space for longer than 10 days may be deleted without warning. Permanent data archives can be made using CD-R disks. This can be done with commands such as compress and gzip .
Compression usually has better results with text files than binary files.
Currently there are 2 printers in the computer lab, a HP Laserjet 4000 and a Tektronix Phaser 360. These commands allow printing of PostScript or text files. The command lpstat can be used to list the print requests waiting to be printed. The printers should be used sparingly, particularly the color printer. Contact Glenn if you have a large print job that needs to be done.