On Nov 23, 2000, Sven Rudolph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I guess that GNU tar's --atime-preserve avoids this. Right?
Yep.
> (But this makes differential backup of these files impossible?)
Right. Resetting the atime causes the ctime to be modified, and
there's no way to reset the ctime.
> How can I pass this option to GNU tar for the /var/mail disk?
Search for atime-preserve in client-src/sendbackup-gnutar.c
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