UTIME(2) System Calls Manual UTIME(2)NAME
utime - set file times
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
utime(file, timep)
char *file;
time_t timep[2];
DESCRIPTION
The utime call uses the `accessed' and `updated' times in that order from the timep vector to set the corresponding recorded times for
file.
The caller must be the owner of the file or the super-user. The `inode-changed' time of the file is set to the current time.
SEE ALSO
stat (2)
ASSEMBLER
(utime = 30.)
sys utime; file; timep
UTIME(2)
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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 *file, const struct utimbuf *timep);
DESCRIPTION
This interface is obsoleted by utimes(2).
The utime() function sets the access and modification times of the named file from the actime and modtime fields of the struct utimbuf
pointed at by timep.
If the times are specified (the timep 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 timep 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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