Re: atime

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Wed May 03 2000 - 11:21:45 EST


> Which popular/essential/useful user-level Linux applications
> break when atime is disabled (say, pegged to zero)?

gnutar in its smarter backup modes, some find dependant stuff, /tmp cleaning
becomes purely creation based. I run my palmtop entirely noatime. Other than
/tmp files being cleaned based on creation not access then I have had no
problems at all

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