Xref: utzoo comp.unix.wizards:8336 comp.os.misc:434 comp.os.vms:5973 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!killer!dcs!wnp 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> Reply-To: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) Distribution: na Organization: DCS, Dallas, Texas Lines: 17 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. -- Wolf N. Paul * 3387 Sam Rayburn Run * Carrollton TX 75007 * (214) 306-9101 UUCP: ihnp4!killer!dcs!wnp ESL: 62832882 INTERNET: wnp@DESEES.DAS.NET or wnp@dcs.UUCP TLX: 910-280-0585 EES PLANO UD