# Disk quota exceeded

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/disk-quota-exceeded/15039>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [September 16, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/disk-quota-exceeded/15039 "2018-09-16T23:29:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jonjilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@jonjilla](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jonjilla)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/disk-quota-exceeded/15039/1 "2018-09-16T23:29:32Z")

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Hello,

I’m getting this error now in the REPL

I have plenty of disk space in the current directory and the install directory. Where should I look to see where I am running out of disk space?

```julia
\u250c Error: Error in the keymap
\u2502 exception =
\u2502 SystemError: flush: Disk quota exceeded
\u2502 Stacktrace:
\u2502 [1] #systemerror#39(::Nothing, ::Function, ::String, ::Bool) at ./error.jl:106
\u2502 [2] systemerror at ./error.jl:106 [inlined]
\u2502 [3] flush(::IOStream) at ./iostream.jl:45
\u2502 [4] add_history(::REPL.REPLHistoryProvider, ::Any) at /buildworker/worker/package_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.0/REPL/src/REPL.jl:470
\u2502 [5] add_history(::REPL.LineEdit.PromptState) at /buildworker/worker/package_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.0/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:1162
\u2502 [6] add_history(::REPL.LineEdit.MIState) at /buildworker/worker/package_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.0/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:201
\u2502 [7] commit_line(::Any) at /buildworker/worker/package_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.0/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:1906
\u2502 [8] (::getfield(REPL.LineEdit, Symbol("##109#161")))(::Any, ::Any, ::Vararg{Any,N} where N) at /buildworker/worker/package_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.0/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:1987
\u2502 [9] #invokelatest#1 at ./essentials.jl:686 [inlined]
\u2502 [10] invokelatest at ./essentials.jl:685 [inlined]
\u2502 [11] (::getfield(REPL.LineEdit, Symbol("##27#28")){getfield(REPL.LineEdit, Symbol("##109#161")),String})(::Any, ::Any) at /buildworker/worker/package_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.0/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:1319
\u2502 [12] prompt!(::REPL.Terminals.TextTerminal, ::REPL.LineEdit.ModalInterface, ::REPL.LineEdit.MIState) at /buildworker/worker/package_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.0/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:2353
\u2502 [13] run_interface(::REPL.Terminals.TextTerminal, ::REPL.LineEdit.ModalInterface, ::REPL.LineEdit.MIState) at /buildworker/worker/package_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.0/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:2256
\u2502 [14] run_frontend(::REPL.LineEditREPL, ::REPL.REPLBackendRef) at /buildworker/worker/package_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.0/REPL/src/REPL.jl:1029
\u2502 [15] run_repl(::REPL.AbstractREPL, ::Any) at /buildworker/worker/package_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.0/REPL/src/REPL.jl:191
\u2502 [16] (::getfield(Base, Symbol("##720#722")){Bool,Bool,Bool,Bool})(::Module) at ./logging.jl:311
\u2502 [17] #invokelatest#1 at ./essentials.jl:686 [inlined]
\u2502 [18] invokelatest at ./essentials.jl:685 [inlined]
\u2502 [19] macro expansion at ./logging.jl:308 [inlined]
\u2502 [20] run_main_repl(::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool) at ./client.jl:330
\u2502 [21] exec_options(::Base.JLOptions) at ./client.jl:242
\u2502 [22] _start() at ./client.jl:421
\u2514 @ REPL.LineEdit /buildworker/worker/package_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.0/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:2355

```

UPDATE: it appears that there was a REPL history log in my .julia home directory which had exceeded the user quota. Deleting that fixed the issue.

Is it possible to store that file somewhere else? My user home directory has very little space allocated, but I have access to a lot of disk space elsewhere.

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**Author:** ![kristoffer.carlsson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kristoffer.carlsson/32/22_2.png) [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/disk-quota-exceeded/15039/2 "2018-09-17T01:41:01Z")

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[https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/environment-variables/#JULIA\_HISTORY-1](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/environment-variables/#JULIA_HISTORY-1)

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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 8:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/disk-quota-exceeded/15039/3 "2018-09-17T08:32:13Z")

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I wonder if one can just disable history altogether? The REPL struct seems to have a `Bool` for that, but this is not exposed in the API.