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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 utime.h
45.Ft int
46.Fn utime "const char *file" "const struct utimbuf *timep"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48.Bf -symbolic
49This interface is obsoleted by
50.Xr utimes 2 .
51.Ef
52.Pp
53The
54.Fn utime
55function sets the access and modification times of the named file from
56the
57.Va actime
58and
59.Va modtime
60fields of the
61.Vt "struct utimbuf"
62pointed at by
63.Fa timep .
64.Pp
65If the times are specified (the
66.Fa timep
67argument is
68.Pf non- Dv NULL )
69the caller must be the owner of the file or be the super-user.
70.Pp
71If the times are not specified (the
72.Fa timep
73argument is
74.Dv NULL )
75the caller must be the owner of the file, have permission to write
76the file, or be the super-user.
77.Sh ERRORS
78The
79.Fn utime
80function may fail and set
81.Va errno
82for any of the errors specified for the library function
83.Xr utimes 2 .
84.Sh SEE ALSO
85.Xr stat 2 ,
86.Xr utimes 2
87.Sh STANDARDS
88The
89.Fn utime
90function conforms to
91.St -p1003.1-88 .
92.Sh HISTORY
93A
94.Fn utime
95function appeared in
96.At v7 .
97