Why ctime and mtime of each files under "/dev" are updated on every reboot ?
Issue
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After every reboot time stamp of all files under /dev/all-sub-dirs changes.
- Can a reboot change the timestamp of all the devices in /dev file-system ?
- Is there any script which is active at the time of reboot which probably causes above change in timestamp?
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Before Reboot
/dev/vgroot:
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jan 27 15:34 home -> /dev/mapper/vgroot-home
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Jan 27 15:34 homesa -> /dev/mapper/vgroot-homesa
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jan 27 15:34 local -> /dev/mapper/vgroot-local
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jan 27 15:34 opt -> /dev/mapper/vgroot-opt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jan 27 15:34 root -> /dev/mapper/vgroot-root
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jan 27 15:34 swap -> /dev/mapper/vgroot-swap
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jan 27 15:34 tmp -> /dev/mapper/vgroot-tmp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jan 27 15:34 usr -> /dev/mapper/vgroot-usr
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jan 27 15:34 var -> /dev/mapper/vgroot-var
- After Reboot
/dev/vgroot:
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jan 28 17:16 home -> /dev/mapper/vgroot-home
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Jan 28 17:16 homesa -> /dev/mapper/vgroot-homesa
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jan 28 17:16 local -> /dev/mapper/vgroot-local
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jan 28 17:16 opt -> /dev/mapper/vgroot-opt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jan 28 17:16 root -> /dev/mapper/vgroot-root
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jan 28 17:16 swap -> /dev/mapper/vgroot-swap
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jan 28 17:16 tmp -> /dev/mapper/vgroot-tmp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jan 28 17:16 usr -> /dev/mapper/vgroot-usr
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jan 28 17:16 var -> /dev/mapper/vgroot-var
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (All releases)
- Udev
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