gen/utime.3

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  35 .Dd June 4, 1993
  36 .Dt UTIME 3
  37 .Os
  38 .Sh NAME
  39 .Nm utime
  40 .Nd set file times
  41 .Sh LIBRARY
  42 .Lb libc
  43 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  44 .In utime.h
  45 .Ft int
  46 .Fo utime
  47 .Fa "const char *path"
  48 .Fa "const struct utimbuf *times"
  49 .Fc
  50 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  51 .Bf -symbolic
  52 This interface is obsoleted by
  53 .Xr utimes 2 .
  54 .Ef
  55 .Pp
  56 The
  57 .Fn utime
  58 function sets the access and modification times of the named file,
  59 based on the structures in the argument array
  60 .Fa times .
  61 .Pp
  62 If the times are specified (the
  63 .Fa times
  64 argument is
  65 .Pf non- Dv NULL ) ,
  66 the caller must be the owner of the file or be the super-user.
  67 .Pp
  68 If the times are not specified (the
  69 .Fa times
  70 argument is
  71 .Dv NULL ) ,
  72 the caller must be the owner of the file,
  73 have permission to write the file, or be the super-user.
  74 .Sh ERRORS
  75 The
  76 .Fn utime
  77 function may fail and set
  78 .Va errno
  79 for any of the errors specified for the library function
  80 .Xr utimes 2 .
  81 .Sh SEE ALSO
  82 .Xr stat 2 ,
  83 .Xr utimes 2
  84 .Sh HISTORY
  85 A
  86 .Fn utime
  87 function appeared in
  88 .At v7 .
  89 .Sh STANDARDS
  90 The
  91 .Fn utime
  92 function conforms to
  93 .St -p1003.1-88 .