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From: mike@turing.UNM.EDU (Michael I. Bushnell)
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Subject: Re: Uses for access time
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Date: 5 May 88 08:14:39 GMT
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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.

[Sad story deleted]

Put this down to YATBF (Yet Another Thing Berkeley Fixed).  On BSD
4.3, execve properly updates the access time.




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