Messages in this thread |  | | Date | 11 Sep 2001 13:29:00 +0200 | From | (Kai Henningsen) | Subject | Re: linux-2.4.10-pre5 |
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peter@cadcamlab.org (Peter Samuelson) wrote on 11.09.01 in <20010911002956.D582@cadcamlab.org>:
> > I see two possible atime uses: > > > > 1. Cleaning up /tmp (mtime is *not* a good indicator that a file is no > > longer used) > > 2. Swapping out files to slower storage > > > > Essentially, both use the "do we still need this thing" aspect. > > The Debian 'popularity-contest' package has an interesting use for > atime.
Oh yes, forgot about that one. It's still the same idea, though.
> These go on the first volume of the Debian CD set, to > make a one-volume Debian CD as useful as possible.
And the others are pushed to the second CD ... "swapping out files to slower storage".
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