> I am needing to make use of last access time for some of the files on > our system. Currently, Amanda/GNU Tar is modifying it. According to > tar's man page, there is a --atime-preserve switch that will stop tar > from modifying the access time. > > How would I make Amanda pass this switch to GNU Tar and what > consequences, if any, would doing this have on recovery?
Using --atime-preserve alters the ctime, which may be not an option for you.
