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diff --git a/misc/chattr.1.in b/misc/chattr.1.in index cfd4ff7d..ad38443a 100644 --- a/misc/chattr.1.in +++ b/misc/chattr.1.in @@ -62,13 +62,18 @@ the `sync' mount option applied to a subset of the files. When a file with the `u' attribute set is deleted, its contents is saved. This allows the user to ask for its undeletion. + +When a file with the 'A' attribute set is modified, its atime record is +not modified. This avoid a certain amount of disk I/O for laptop +systems. .SH AUTHOR .B chattr has been written by Remy Card <card@masi.ibp.fr>, the developer and maintainer of the ext2 fs. .SH BUGS AND LIMITATIONS As of ext2 fs 0.5a, the `c' and `u' attribute are not honoured by the kernel -code. +code. As of the Linux 2.0 kernel, the 'A' attribute is not yet supported by +the kernel code. (The noatime code is still in testing.) .PP These attributes will be implemented in a future ext2 fs version. .SH AVAILABILITY |