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31.Dd June 4, 1993
32.Dt UTIME 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm utime
36.Nd set file times
37.Sh LIBRARY
38.Lb libc
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.In utime.h
41.Ft int
42.Fn utime "const char *file" "const struct utimbuf *timep"
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44.Bf -symbolic
45This interface is obsoleted by
46.Xr utimes 2 .
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 utimes 2
83.Sh STANDARDS
84The
85.Fn utime
86function conforms to
87.St -p1003.1-88 .
88.Sh HISTORY
89A
90.Fn utime
91function appeared in
92.At v7 .
93