>On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 02:04:57PM -0500, Maciej Kalisiak wrote: > Hello all, > > Is it possible to grep a ton of files without modifying their > >date/timestamps? Currently if I use grep, it changes the access time of all > >files touched, which causes mutt to lose track of the folders which have > >new mail (I guess it looks at the timestamp last modified and last accessed > >to figure this out). Occasionally I do want to include the mail folders in > >my greps, so bypassing the "mail" directory is not a solution.
It is possible to disable access timestamp. You have to remount the partition using "noatime" option. "find" will work app. 25% faster (tar 19%, cvs 8.6%). Regards Mikhail
