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From: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.os.misc,comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Uses for access time
Message-ID: <82@dcs.UUCP>
Date: 8 May 88 11:08:19 GMT
References: <3672@lynx.UUCP> <8726@oberon.USC.EDU> <4876@cup.portal.com> <4054@mtgzz.UUCP> <40@jetson.UUCP>
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In article <40@jetson.UUCP> john@jetson.UUCP (John Owens) writes:
>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.
>
>Interesting!  It certainly is updated on SCO Xenix ("System V", but
>internals still have v7 vestiges), v7, 4.2BSD, and 4.3BSD.  Is it
>not updated on execution under "real" System V?  What OS version are
>you (mtgzz!avr) running?

Access time IS updated on real System V when a binary or shell script
is executed.

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