> access time, but there is no MPE way that I've found to 
> directly view or
> grep a file without MPE considering it being accessed. So, 

OK, I'll bite: why should viewing the file not be considered as an
access?

The only significant fault I've found in MPE's handling of file dates is
that copied files don't get the same datestamps as the original.
Although the current handling might fit into a strict, blind
interpretation of "creating a copy", it doesn't match with what we see
on most other systems.

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