gen/FreeBSD/utime.3

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