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by saagarjha 1936 days ago
The kernel is aware when files are modified.
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anyfoo 1936 days ago
That's not generally applicable, e.g. not if files are on an external drive, or worse, a network filesystem (where they can change even during use).
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saagarjha 1935 days ago
In which case falling back on a hash is fine.
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