[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="anarcat"
 avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/4ad594c1e13211c1ad9edb81ce5110b7"
 subject="apenwarr on mtimes"
 date="2018-11-20T19:16:59Z"
 content="""
this is pretty much the most thorough overview of mtime and related issues I've ever read:

https://apenwarr.ca/log/20181113

warmly recommend it. he basically gave up on mtime: they're tracked and important, but not in isolation. he also tracks file size, inode numbers, etc.
"""]]
