Andy Burns  wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>
> > UUID=2be84ecd-556e-488c-a832-67c49114a06c /               ext4
> > discard,noatime,errors=remount-ro 0       1
> >
> > This is a standard mount configuration for a solid state disk linux root
> > partion - noatime says don't update access time on files read
>
> You can use relatime instead of noatime, to maintain a less precise
> access timestamp on files, instead of none at all.

Does that much actually pay attention to the atime?  The only program I know
about is mutt, which uses atime on your mailboxes to see if you have new
email since the last time something checked.  I think other email clients
may do similar.

Apart from that, what needs it?

Theo

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