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Re: [Question #271779]: Backup without updating the access time

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Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 12:43:01 -0000
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Question #271779 on Duplicity changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/duplicity/+question/271779

    Status: Open => Answered

edso proposed the following answer:
On 25.09.2015 13:57, hans van Leeuwen wrote:
> New question #271779 on Duplicity:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/duplicity/+question/271779
> 
> By creating a backup the files are read and therefore the access time of the files are updated to the backup time.
> The  disadvantage is that it is not possible any more to retrieve the date and time that the files are really read for the last time (beside the backup).
> Is it possible to create a backup without updating the access time to the backup time but to preserve to access time?
> 

try remounting your filesystem with the 'noatime' mount option to
another mount point and backup that instead.

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