Every VMS user is given a directory, a place to store files on the computer. The following sections assume that you are familiar with the material covered in the tutorial. Further information on the commands discussed below is available from the on-line help facility.
Every directory has a name.
A storage limit is imposed on all directories. For example, accounts for undergraduate students are generally allowed a disk quota of 3000 blocks, which is enough space to store approximately 1,500,000 characters. A block is the VMS unit of disk storage. Graduate students are provided with a 6000 block quota. This message indicates that user ABC123 has files that take up 1144 blocks of space, leaving 1856 blocks still free for use, for a total of 3000 blocks allowed.