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32.\"     @(#)utime.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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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
50This interface is obsoleted by
51.Xr utimes 2 .
52.Ef
53.Pp
54The
55.Fn utime
56function sets the access and modification times of the named file from
57the structures in the argument array
58.Fa timep .
59.Pp
60If the times are specified (the
61.Fa timep
62argument is
63.Pf non- Dv NULL )
64the caller must be the owner of the file or be the super-user.
65.Pp
66If the times are not specified (the
67.Fa timep
68argument is
69.Dv NULL )
70the caller must be the owner of the file, have permission to write
71the file, or be the super-user.
72.Sh ERRORS
73The
74.Fn utime
75function may fail and set
76.Va errno
77for 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
83A
84.Fn utime
85function appeared in
86.At v7 .
87.Sh STANDARDS
88The
89.Fn utime
90function conforms to
91.St -p1003.1-88 .
92