Re: "sleep" command generates hardisk activity

[Jochen Baier]

Phillip Susi wrote:

> Most likely this is the access timestamps being updated on the files 
> being read, try adding the noatime option to your mount options to 
> prevent this.
>
> Jochen Baier wrote:
>
> > hi,
> >
> > i run in a weird problem: a script which use the "sleep" command, 
> > generates hardisk access every x seconds. this is really annoyning 
> > cause i can hear the harddisk sound.
> > an other user reported the same behavier.
> >
> > the script:
> >
> > while true; do
> > sleep 3
> > done
> >
> >
> > output from "strace  sleep 3":
thank you so much, this fixed the problem. have a nice sleep ;)

regards jochen