linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] utimensat implementation

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Date:	Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:05:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Lang <david.lang@...italinsight.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
cc:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] utimensat implementation

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> The main use of atime seems to be to figure out when something can be
> automatically deleted.  Anyone else have other usage scenarios?

as a varient of this, I use it to help determine what files are actually needed 
when building a chroot sandbox.

David Lang
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