The atime--access time--is the time when the data of a file was last accessed. Displaying the contents of a file or executing a shell script will update a file's atime, for example. You can view the atime with the ls -lu command.
Questions tagged [atime]
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Where is noatime safe to use?
I am trying to optimize my new fs layout, and I wondered, where is it safe to use noatime? I understand that e.g. mutt uses the access/creation/modify time, and whatever else may be using that, in whichever dir.
Following a ton of guides, I have…
Zoltan K.
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Why does not the atime option of mount always update atime of files as expected?
I needed to detect read access to certain files so I needed the file system to update the atime attribute of files the usual way.
Default mount options
In the default state the file system did not update atime as expected though I did not use the…
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Strange atime changes in home-folder
I recently recognized some strange behavior of my system and my atime-records of my /home files.
I tried to code a simple script to check whether some files in the /Downloads folder are untouched for some days and delete them afterwards. As I try to…
Alex
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