> Many filesystems maintain a notation of the "last access time" of a >filesystem object. Under Unix/Linux, this is called the "atime". >Directories are generally considered filesystem objects. So, >when you walk >the directory tree, you "touch" the atime of every directory. >All of those >updated atime fields then need to be written out to disk. >This results in >the behavior you are seeing. > > If you want, you can disable the atime updates. Mount the >filesystem with >the "noatime" option.
If we disable the last access time on the machine, will it mess up any applications? I always thought the atime was kind of useless but I don't know if some applications use it in an esoteric way. Regards, Warren ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
