utime(3)

NAME

utime - set file times

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <utime.h>
int
utime(const char *file, const struct utimbuf *timep);

DESCRIPTION

This interface is obsoleted by utimes(2).

The utime() function sets the access and modification times

of the named
file from the actime and modtime fields of the struct

utimbuf pointed at
by timep.

If the times are specified (the timep argument is non-NULL)

the caller
must be the owner of the file or be the super-user.

If the times are not specified (the timep argument is NULL)

the caller
must be the owner of the file, have permission to write the

file, or be
the super-user.

ERRORS

The utime() function may fail and set errno for any of the

errors specified for the library function utimes(2).

SEE ALSO

stat(2), utimes(2)

STANDARDS

The utime() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-1988

(``POSIX.1'').

HISTORY

A utime() function appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.

BSD June 4, 1993

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