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[ILUG] Scripting Q

[ILUG] Scripting Q

Kevin O'Riordan kor at compsoc.com
Fri May 6 18:35:06 IST 2005

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> Is there anything that actually cares about atime? Whats the point of it?

bash uses atime - it compares atime & mtime of files given by the MAIL
or MAILPATH env vars so it can tell you you have new mail.  That's about
the only use I can think of though.

-kor

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