Xref: utzoo comp.unix.wizards:8331 comp.os.misc:433 comp.os.vms:5970 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ames!pacbell!att!ttrdc!levy From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.os.misc,comp.os.vms Subject: Re: Uses for access time Message-ID: <2651@ttrdc.UUCP> Date: 8 May 88 01:48:43 GMT References: <3672@lynx.UUCP> <8726@oberon.USC.EDU> <4876@cup.portal.com> <4054@mtgzz.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: AT&T, Skokie, IL Lines: 26 In article <4054@mtgzz.UUCP>, avr@mtgzz.UUCP (XMRP50000[jcm]-a.v.reed) writes: > Unfortunately, "access time" is NOT updated when an executable is > executed. You should qualify your statement with "not ALWAYS updated", unless you specify a specific system. This machine obviously updates access time upon execution: $ ls -ul /bin/cat -rwxrwxr-x 1 bin bin 10356 May 7 20:38 /bin/cat $ ls -ul /bin/cat -rwxrwxr-x 1 bin bin 10356 May 7 20:38 /bin/cat $ /bin/cat /etc/TIMEZONE TZ=CDT5 export TZ $ ls -ul /bin/cat -rwxrwxr-x 1 bin bin 10356 May 7 20:42 /bin/cat $ uname -a ttrdc ttrdc 2.0v3 1208 3B-20S Gurus: Which systems DO update access time upon execution (presuming it's possible at all, e.g., not on a readonly filesystem)? Which systems don't? -- |------------Dan Levy------------| Path: ihnp4,!ttrdc!levy | AT&T | Weinberg's Principle: An expert is a | Data Systems Group | person who avoids the small errors while |--------Skokie, Illinois--------| sweeping on to the grand fallacy.