>
> > The directory, yes. After all, I did read (access) all the directories.
> > However, some directory files do not contain other directory files.
> > They contain "normal" files which were not accessed at all. These files
> > should not have had their ATIME updated because they were not accessed.
>
> ls -F will access the files. check that you don't alias ls to 'ls -F'
>
Yes! `ls` is aliased to `ls -AF`. Don't know why. I just removed it from
.bashrc.
Cheers,
DJ
Richard B. Johnson
Analogic Corporation
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