vdump updates atime - bug?

From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin_at_isds.Duke.EDU>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 1995 14:45:29 -0500

I just noticed that vdump seems to update the access times on a file,
changing it to the last time it was vdumped. Is there any way to make
it not do this? Is this considered normal behavior, or bug that will
be fixed? Does this happen with 3rd party backup systems? This is
certainly not the way 'dump' behaves.


This may sound rather trivial, but its also quite annoying. Knowing
the last 'real' access time of a file can be quite handy (ie, ls -lu
on a user's .cshrc to find & deactivate idle accounts)


Thanks,

Drew

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