On Wed, 28 May 2003, Clifton Royston wrote: > > > Keep in mind that the date on the temporary file is not changed when > > > in server mode. We discovered this because our support department > > > depends on the date on the file to determine when someone last checked > > > their email.
> to be gunzipped. Stat-ing or ls-ing the file is effectively O(1) time, > big win. and ls -lu will tell you, even if the creation/modification date hasn't been altered.
