help!

[Benji York]

Eser Çetinkaya wrote:
> What can change an acess time of a path different from modification?
> Is there any mistakes in the implementation or am i missing some points?

When a file is read it is accessed but not modified:

 >>> import os.path
 >>> os.path.getmtime('a_file')
1119615705
 >>> os.path.getatime('a_file')
1119615705
 >>> os.system('cat a_file')
0
 >>> os.path.getmtime('a_file')
1119615705
 >>> os.path.getatime('a_file')
1119615758
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Benji York