Xref: utzoo comp.unix.wizards:8343 comp.os.misc:435 comp.os.vms:5976 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!ncc!alberta!access!edm!rroot From: rroot@edm.UUCP (uucp) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.os.misc,comp.os.vms Subject: Re: Uses for access time Message-ID: <3096@edm.UUCP> Date: 8 May 88 15:27:03 GMT References: <40@jetson.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Unexsys Systems, Edmonton,AB. Lines: 16 From article <40@jetson.UUCP>, by john@jetson.UUCP (John Owens): > 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 It is also updated on an IRIS (mostly sysV with a BSD file system). I know, because of a typo in crontab that resulted in the removal of all files with an atime <1day. It took a couple of hurs to figure out what was wrong because all of the 'necessary' binaries & data files were still there (thank god I'd used tar that day... :-] ) -- ------------- Stephen Samuel {ihnp4,ubc-vision,vax135}!alberta!edm!steve or userzxcv@uqv-mts.bitnet