access(2) vs. st_atime

Doug Gwyn <gwyn> gwyn at brl-tgr.ARPA
Sat Jan 4 00:07:03 AEST 1986


> However...shouldn't an "access"
> call on a file change the "last access" time for the file?

I don't see why it should; you're not accessing the file contents.



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