"File creation, modification and access are different." -- Really?

"Please ask such questions as this in a forum that is relevant to your operating system in the future. " --- My operating system is Windows .. does mirc run on Linux?

echo -s $file(mirc.ini).atime
Code:
1263156594

echo -s $read(mirc.ini)
Code:
n7=#Chataway

echo -s $file(mirc.ini).atime
Code:
1263156594


As you can see, subsequent file access is not altering the access time returned by the atime property.

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Just because it never happened doesn't mean it isn't true.