It's what Linux does at least. And Posix likely requires it. On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Samuel Thibault <samuel.thiba...@gnu.org>wrote:
> Hello, > > I've noticed that term/users.c calls set_atime/mtime for each and > every io_write/read performed on a tty. This means for instance that > each keypress on the console or via ssh will dirty the tty node and > eventually lead to a disk write for the underlying node a few seconds > later. > > Do we really need to update mtime/atime for ttys? It seems overkill to > me. > > Samuel > >
