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@(#)utime.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.Dd June 9, 2016 .Dt UTIME 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm utime .Nd set file times .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS n utime.h .Ft int .Fn utime "const char *file" "const struct utimbuf *timep" .Sh DESCRIPTION f -symbolic This interface is obsoleted by .Xr utimensat 2 because it is not accurate to fractions of a second. .Ef
p The .Fn utime function sets the access and modification times of the named file from the .Va actime and .Va modtime fields of the .Vt "struct utimbuf" pointed at by .Fa timep .
p If the times are specified (the .Fa timep argument is
f non- Dv NULL ) the caller must be the owner of the file or be the super-user.
p If the times are not specified (the .Fa timep argument is .Dv NULL ) the caller must be the owner of the file, have permission to write the file, or be the super-user. .Sh ERRORS The .Fn utime function may fail and set .Va errno for any of the errors specified for the library function .Xr utimes 2 . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr stat 2 , .Xr utimensat 2 , .Xr utimes 2 .Sh STANDARDS The .Fn utime function conforms to .St -p1003.1-88 . .Sh HISTORY A .Fn utime function appeared in .At v7 .