If you want to find out which fileservers you are currently using for the lockers you have attached, you can type add consult wherefs This will print out a listing like: RVD packs `e40-vssys' are on host chiroptera.MIT.EDU NFS locker `username' is on host themis.MIT.EDU File /afs/athena.mit.edu/contrib/sipb is on host ARTEMIS.MIT.EDU and so on, for each of the remote filesystems you have attached. If you have a locker on a fileserver that is scheduled to go down, you should detach it beforehand, so you do not encounter delays while trying to access files. If your own locker is on the fileserver that is going down, you should save your files promptly, and then log out. If you want to continue working, copy the files you want to work on directly onto the workstation your using, with the following command: cp filename /usr/tmp before you log out. Then, when you log in again ON THE SAME WORKSATION, you can cd /usr/tmp and continue working on those files. In order to save the work from /usr/tmp, mail the file to yourself with this command: mhmail yourusername < homework.file Then, the next time that you log in, you can "inc" your homework assignment and save it into a file in your own locker.