"Richard L. Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I suppose there are a lot of ways the objective could be achieved.
> For example, an additional open() flag O_NOATIME to allow reading
> a file without modifying its atime. That would have the advantage that
> timestamps didn't need to be restored after-the-fact, so even an interrupted
> backup utility using that flag wouldn't mess up any timestamps.
This sounds OK as long as the O_NOATIME flag may be added after an open(2)
via fcntl(2) - to preventfuture atime updates with read(2). This is needed
in order to allow O_NOATIME to be useful for files opened via fopen(3).
Jörg
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