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utime.h(3HEAD)							      Headers							    utime.h(3HEAD)

NAME
utime.h, utime - access and modification times structure SYNOPSIS
#include <utime.h> DESCRIPTION
The <utime.h> header declares the structure utimbuf, which includes the following members: time_t actime /* access time */ time_t modtime /* modification time */ The times are measured in seconds since the Epoch. The type time_t is defined as described in <sys/types.h>. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
utime(2), types.h(3HEAD), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.11 10 Sep 2004 utime.h(3HEAD)

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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. BSD
June 4, 1993 BSD
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