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From: hamilton@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: file read dates
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Date: Tue, 4-Feb-86 16:10:00 EST
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Nf-From: uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU!hamilton    Feb  4 15:10:00 1986


re: file read times

atime is used by finger (and presumably w) to calculate tty idle time.
i routinely use atime, via ls -lu, for several things, the most useful
of which is to find out if/when someone has read his mail.

	wayne hamilton
	U of Il and US Army Corps of Engineers CERL
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