Re: [PATCH 00/23] per device dirty throttling -v8

Bill Davidsen
2007-08-07T21:20:39Z

Claudio Martins wrote:
> On Saturday 04 August 2007, Alan Cox wrote:
>> Linux has never been a "suprise your kernel interfaces all just changed
>> today" kernel, nor a "gosh you upgraded and didn't notice your backups
>> broke" kernel.
>>
>
> Can you give examples of backup solutions that rely on atime being updated?
> I can understand backup tools using mtime/ctime for incremental backups (like
> tar + Amanda, etc), but I'm having trouble figuring out why someone would
> want to use atime for that.
>
Programs which migrate unused files or delete them are the usual cases.

--
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot