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utime

UTIME(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 						  UTIME(3)

NAME

     utime -- set file times

LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <utime.h>

     int
     utime(const char *path, const struct utimbuf *times);

DESCRIPTION

     This interface is obsoleted by utimes(2).

     The utime() function sets the access and modification times of the named file, based on the actime and modtime fields of the struct utimbuf
     pointed at by times.

     If the times are specified (the times argument is non-NULL), the caller must be the owner of the file or be the super-user.

     If the times are not specified (the times argument is NULL), the caller must be the owner of the file, have permission to write the file, or
     be the super-user.

ERRORS

     The utime() function may fail and set errno for any of the errors specified for the library function utimes(2).

SEE ALSO

     stat(2), utimes(2)

STANDARDS

     The utime() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-1988 (``POSIX.1'').

HISTORY

     A utime() function appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.

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								   June 4, 1993 							       BSD

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