On Sat, 2020-05-30 at 15:38 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Sb, 30 mai 20, 10:27:14, Tixy wrote: > > On Sat, 2020-05-30 at 08:06 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Sb, 30 mai 20, 10:51:37, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > > > John Hasler wrote: > > > > > Perhaps what you want is something which will tell you which > > > > > programs > > > > > have gone unused for the longest time. > > > > > > > > That would be nice too. > > > > > > As already mentioned, the package popularity-contest does that, > > > somewhat. > > > > But, if I remember correct, relies on filesystems having file > > access > > time-stamping enabled. Which for many years hasn't been the default > > or > > recommended, due to the extra disk accesses required (causing worse > > performance and SSD wear). > > According to mount(8) the default is 'relatime', which in my > understanding is a compromise, i.e. it should be good enough for > popularity-contest.
Thanks, that prompted me to look at what relatime actually does (which I know was the modern default). In my previous readings I'd missed the fact that atime is updated every 24 hours. So yes, perfectly good for popularity-contest. -- Tixy
