From e27a5690fecfbf627c379af7567d91414d1d784e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dg Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 13:28:12 +0000 Subject: Added description of "noatime" option. --- sbin/mount/mount.8 | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'sbin/mount') diff --git a/sbin/mount/mount.8 b/sbin/mount/mount.8 index 2118ba2..08f2848 100644 --- a/sbin/mount/mount.8 +++ b/sbin/mount/mount.8 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)mount.8 8.7 (Berkeley) 3/27/94 -.\" $Id$ +.\" $Id: mount.8,v 1.10 1996/08/29 18:06:02 wosch Exp $ .\" .Dd March 27, 1994 .Dt MOUNT 8 @@ -114,6 +114,12 @@ The same as forces the revocation of write access when trying to downgrade a filesystem mount status from read-write to read-only. Also forces the R/W mount of an unclean filesystem (dangerous; use with caution). +.It noatime +Do not update the file access time when reading from a file. This option +is useful on filesystems where there are large numbers of files and +performance is more critical than updating the file access time (which is +rarely ever important). This option is currently only supported on local +filesystems. .It nodev Do not interpret character or block special devices on the file system. This option is useful for a server that has file systems containing -- cgit v1.1