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Re: noatime mounts inhibiting atime updates via utime()



Hello,

On Wed, 05 Dec 2018 11:12:45 +0700
Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost> wrote:

> That is, the purpose of noatime is to reduce I/O, not to hide the fact
> that files are being accessed (same with nodevmtime).

Today the most common motivation to use it is probably to reduce
write / erase cycles on flash memory. Maybe that should be mentioned as
well.

have fun
Michael


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