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32.\"     @(#)utime.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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34.Dd June 4, 1993
35.Dt UTIME 3
36.Os BSD 4
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm utime
39.Nd set file times
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
42.Fd #include <utime.h>
43.Ft int
44.Fn utime "const char *file" "const struct utimbuf *timep"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46.Bf -symbolic
47This interface is obsoleted by utimes(2) .
48.Ef
49.Pp
50The
51.Fn utime
52function sets the access and modification times of the named file from
53the structures in the argument array
54.Fa timep .
55.Pp
56If the times are specified (the
57.Fa timep
58argument is
59.Pf non- Dv NULL )
60the caller must be the owner of the file or be the super-user.
61.Pp
62If the times are not specified (the
63.Fa timep
64argument is
65.Dv NULL )
66the caller must be the owner of the file, have permission to write
67the file, or be the super-user.
68.Sh ERRORS
69The
70.Fn utime
71function may fail and set
72.Va errno
73for any of the errors specified for the library function
74.Xr utimes 2 .
75.Sh SEE ALSO
76.Xr utimes 2 ,
77.Xr stat 2
78.Sh HISTORY
79A
80.Fn utime
81function appeared in
82.At v7 .
83.Sh STANDARDS
84The
85.Fn utime
86function conforms to
87.St -p1003.1-88 .
88