[Nottingham] Backups without updating atime?

[Martin]

Martin wrote:
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> Also, (OK, ultimate laziness here!): Is nodirtime needed in addition to 
> noatime to avoid disk writes for just reading a directory? (The "man 
> mount" page doesn't say...)

Having a 'play' and it appears that "noatime" also ensures that the 
atime for directories is likewise not updated. (Setting "nodirtime" is 
not needed when noatime is used.)

I wish the man page was clearer on that count.

Cheers,
Martin

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