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 .Fo utime
  43 .Fa "const char *path"
  44 .Fa "const struct utimbuf *times"
  45 .Fc
  46 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  47 .Bf -symbolic
  48 This interface is obsoleted by
  49 .Xr utimes 2 .
  50 .Ef
  51 .Pp
  52 The
  53 .Fn utime
  54 function sets the access and modification times of the named file,
  55 based on the
  56 .Va actime
  57 and
  58 .Va modtime
  59 fields of the
  60 .Vt "struct utimbuf"
  61 pointed at by
  62 .Fa times .
  63 .Pp
  64 If the times are specified (the
  65 .Fa times
  66 argument is
  67 .Pf non- Dv NULL ) ,
  68 the caller must be the owner of the file or be the super-user.
  69 .Pp
  70 If the times are not specified (the
  71 .Fa times
  72 argument is
  73 .Dv NULL ) ,
  74 the caller must be the owner of the file,
  75 have permission to write the file, or be the super-user.
  76 .Sh ERRORS
  77 The
  78 .Fn utime
  79 function may fail and set
  80 .Va errno
  81 for any of the errors specified for the library function
  82 .Xr utimes 2 .
  83 .Sh SEE ALSO
  84 .Xr stat 2 ,
  85 .Xr utimes 2
  86 .Sh STANDARDS
  87 The
  88 .Fn utime
  89 function conforms to
  90 .St -p1003.1-88 .
  91 .Sh HISTORY
  92 A
  93 .Fn utime
  94 function appeared in
  95 .At v7 .