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