$HOME and $SCRATCH

$HOME and $SCRATCH can be accessed as follows:

# to check where you are
pwd
# to change the current working directory to $HOME
cd $HOME
# is equivalent to
cd /home/<your-NetID>
# or
cd
# for $SCRATCH
cd $SCRATCH

or

cd /scratch/<your-NetID>

We urge our users to clean up their storage regularily.

Warning

Retention Policy Applies

Files older than 90 days at $SCRATCH will be deleted.

Caution

Running jobs from /home is a serious violation of HPC policy. Any users who intentionally violate this policy will get their account suspended. $HOME SSDs are not designed for this purpose, it will kill the SSDs quickly.