> On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Giuliano Pochini wrote:
>
> >
> > Try this on an unloaded system:
> >
> > sync
> > find / -name something
> > sync
> >
> > ok, now all directories are cached and no buffers have to be written to
> > the disk. Type again:
> >
> > find / -name something
> > sync
> >
> > Why the sync command make my HDs to work for 2-3 seconds ? find
> > shouldn't write anything on the disk, so what has it to update ??
> >
> > Bye.
> >
>
> The `atime` of every file accessed is written to the disk!
> Look at "struct stat".
only `atime' of directories, not of every file.
you don't `access' files with find ...
Harald
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