DRAFT VERSION
- Cleaning up Old Checkpoints
- Playing with Symlink(Softlink) and Redirecting the ROOT folder to drive where we have enough place.
- Deleting db.have and recreate it manually
- Display disk space information on the server using “p4 diskspace”
- Display size information for files in the depot using “p4 sizes”
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