Re: quick confirmation

From: Barry Margolin (barmar_at_alum.mit.edu)
Date: 05/28/04 

Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 17:34:48 -0400

In article <J7Ltc.17$qk1.203@news.oracle.com>,
 Abhinav <matrix_calling@yahoo.dot.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Just wanted anyone here to confirm the following related to Linux/Unix
> file(systems)
>
>
> I have a directory (lets say "abc" ) having a lot of
> subdirectories/files within it.
>
> I want to be able to know whether abc was used, i.e, any of the
> files/directories under it were modified/created/deleted.
>
> 1. I can do "ls -ldu abc" and get the access time .

Correct.

> 2. If i do a "cat abc/subdir/x.txt" , the access time for abc is also
> updated.

Correct. Anything that reads the names in a directory will update the
directory's access time. 

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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