plug@arcticmail.com wrote: > > The atime is only changed when the contents of a > file are read, so a "find -print" or "ls -l" have > no effect on atime. Something like > "find / -type f -exec file {} \;" would change > the atime, though. Doesnt that access the actual contents of every DIRECTORY on the drive tho? So, there would be a lot of access time updating to do... -- jkenner @ mindspring . com__ I Support Linux: _> _ _ |_ _ _ _| Working Together To <__(_||_)| )| `(_|(_)(_| To Build A Better Future. |