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utime(2)

NAME

utime − set file access and modification times

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <utime.h> int utime (path, times)
char ∗path;
struct utimbuf ∗times;

DESCRIPTION

Path points to a path name naming a file.  utime sets the access and modification times of the named file. 

If times is NULL, the access and modification times of the file are set to the current time.  A process must be the owner of the file or have write permission to use utime in this manner. 

If times is not NULL, times is interpreted as a pointer to a utimbuf structure and the access and modification times are set to the values contained in the designated structure. Only the owner of the file or the super-user may use utime this way. 

The time fields in the following structure are measured in seconds since 00:00:00 GMT, Jan. 1, 1970. 

     time_t     actime;    /∗ access time ∗/
     time_t     modtime;   /∗ modification time ∗/

utime will fail if one or more of the following are true:

­[EACCES] Search permission is denied by a component of the path prefix, or the effective user ID is not super-user and not the owner of the file and times is NULL and write access is denied. 

­[EFAULT] Times is not NULL and points outside the process’s allocated address space, or path points outside the process’s allocated address space. 

­[ENAMETOOLONG] The path argument exceeds {PATH_MAX} in length, or a pathname component is longer than {NAME_MAX}  (see pathconf(2)). 

­[ENOENT] The named file does not exist, or the path argument points to an empty string. 

­[ENOTDIR] A component of the path prefix is not a directory. 

­[EPERM] The effective user ID is not super-user and not the owner of the file and times is not NULL. 

­[EROFS] The file system containing the file is mounted read-only. 

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.  Otherwise, a value of −1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

SEE ALSO

stat(2), stat(5). 

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