Jim Meyering wrote: > Paul Eggert wrote: > > How about if we suggest instead that laptop owners mount their file > > systems with the noatime option? That solves the problem in general, > > rather than forcing app writers to modify cat, ls, sh, etc. > > ... > > That noatime mount option is looking better and better.... > > I have to admit I agree.
I just thought I would chime in and say that most laptop customizations include turning on noatime. It is a pretty well known modification. The laptop-mode installation for the linux kernel sets this by default, for example, and that is arguably one of the most popular laptop customizations. Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
