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From: chris@mimsy.UUCP
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Subject: Re: file times
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Date: Sat, 18-Apr-87 22:52:51 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr 18 22:52:51 1987
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In article <12854@watnot.UUCP> djfiander@watnot.UUCP writes:
>... do any of the usual UNIX utilties/programs use the creation/access
>times in a file, or were they just put in because somebody thought they
>might be useful?

Some things do indeed use the access times.  For example, we keep
preformatted copies of `high demand' manual entries by removing those
that prove not to be high-demand:

	find /usr/man/cat? -atime +5 -exec rm -f {} \;

As for the other, it is not a creation time: ctime stands for
`change time'.  It is used to determine which files must be put
onto backup tapes, hence is very important in larger installations.
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