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31.Dd June 9, 2016
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 utimensat 2
47because it is not accurate to fractions of a second.
48.Ef
49.Pp
50The
51.Fn utime
52function sets the access and modification times of the named file from
53the
54.Va actime
55and
56.Va modtime
57fields of the
58.Vt "struct utimbuf"
59pointed at by
60.Fa timep .
61.Pp
62If the times are specified (the
63.Fa timep
64argument is
65.Pf non- Dv NULL )
66the caller must be the owner of the file or be the super-user.
67.Pp
68If the times are not specified (the
69.Fa timep
70argument is
71.Dv NULL )
72the caller must be the owner of the file, have permission to write
73the file, or be the super-user.
74.Sh ERRORS
75The
76.Fn utime
77function may fail and set
78.Va errno
79for any of the errors specified for the library function
80.Xr utimes 2 .
81.Sh SEE ALSO
82.Xr stat 2 ,
83.Xr utimensat 2 ,
84.Xr utimes 2
85.Sh STANDARDS
86The
87.Fn utime
88function conforms to
89.St -p1003.1-88 .
90.Sh HISTORY
91A
92.Fn utime
93function appeared in
94.At v7 .
95