Subject: Re: 'noatime' bogosity
To: Ken Hornstein <kenh@cmf.nrl.navy.mil>
From: Andy Doran <ad@fionn.sports.gov.uk>
List: tech-misc
Date: 06/21/1999 22:33:11
On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Ken Hornstein wrote:

> >The 'noatime' flag to mount(8) doesn't appear to do anything these 
> >days, whether that be a fault with the kernel or mount(8); I haven't
> >investigated yet. Is this known behaviour?
> 
> It definately worked between the 1.3 and 1.4 timeframe (I haven't updated
> my laptop in a while, dambit).
> 
> Just curious; are you _sure_ it's not working?

On a machine at work (1.4) and home (1.4C) it doesn't work. Running
'mount' doesn't even show the option set; checking the atimes manually
shows them updated. I haven't checked any other options specifically to
see if they've been broken. I'll give this some more investigation.

This is with ffs, and I'm using the same syntax I have been for years.

- ad