linux-kernel - Re: Documenting MS

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Message-ID: <20070212175526.GC2112@lazybastard.org>
Date:	Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:55:26 +0000
From:	Jörn Engel <joern@...ybastard.org>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
Cc:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Valerie Henson <val_henson@...ux.intel.com>,
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk-manpages@....net>,
	val_henson@...ux.interl.com, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Documenting MS_RELATIME

On Mon, 12 February 2007 18:49:39 +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Feb 12 2007 10:40, Dave Jones wrote:
> >
> >The one problem with noatime is that mutt's 'new mail arrived' breaks
> 
> Just why does not it use mtime then to check for New Mail Arrived, like 
> bash does?

Just a guess: because it has to compare the time?

Bash can simply compare mtime of (single) mailbox with time of last
login.  Mutt would have to compare mtime of (many) mailboxes with...
I believe with atime of mailboxes.

Jörn

-- 
Joern's library part 1:
http://lwn.net/Articles/2.6-kernel-api/
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