On 14 May 2018 11:41:12 +0100 (BST)
Theo  wrote:

> 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.

 That is pretty much the only common use for it.

> Apart from that, what needs it?

 You might be able use it as a security indicator, of course it will
only tell you when not who.

 Generally mounting a filesystem noatime only affects performance,
IMHO atime was one of the few mistakes in unix.

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