Module quota

This function extracts the quota definition from either a string or a list and returns a dictionary of detected values, which are directly suitable for passing on to the set_quota operation.

Detected quita formats (given in YAML syntax):

1. 256M - hard block size limit is set to 256M
2. [256M] - hard block size limit is set to 256M
3. [128M, 256M] - soft block limit 128M, hard limit 256M
4. [128M, 256M, 2000, 4000] - soft block limit 128M, hard limit 256M, soft inode limit 2000, hard limit 4000

Parameters:

• limits - The limits' definition (string or list of strings)

Returns:

Dictionary of detected values

This function converts a text-based size specification to kilobytes. The following units are accepted: K, M, G & T.

Parameters:

• sizestr - The size string containing an integer with a unit character

Returns:

Integer value in kilobytes