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30.Dd June 9, 2016
31.Dt UTIME 3
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm utime
35.Nd set file times
36.Sh LIBRARY
37.Lb libc
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In utime.h
40.Ft int
41.Fn utime "const char *file" "const struct utimbuf *timep"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43.Bf -symbolic
44This interface is obsoleted by
45.Xr utimensat 2
46because it is not accurate to fractions of a second.
47.Ef
48.Pp
49The
50.Fn utime
51function sets the access and modification times of the named file from
52the
53.Va actime
54and
55.Va modtime
56fields of the
57.Vt "struct utimbuf"
58pointed at by
59.Fa timep .
60.Pp
61If the times are specified (the
62.Fa timep
63argument is
64.Pf non- Dv NULL )
65the caller must be the owner of the file or be the super-user.
66.Pp
67If the times are not specified (the
68.Fa timep
69argument is
70.Dv NULL )
71the caller must be the owner of the file, have permission to write
72the file, or be the super-user.
73.Sh ERRORS
74The
75.Fn utime
76function may fail and set
77.Va errno
78for any of the errors specified for the library function
79.Xr utimes 2 .
80.Sh SEE ALSO
81.Xr stat 2 ,
82.Xr utimensat 2 ,
83.Xr utimes 2
84.Sh STANDARDS
85The
86.Fn utime
87function conforms to
88.St -p1003.1-88 .
89.Sh HISTORY
90A
91.Fn utime
92function appeared in
93.At v7 .
94