NAME

utimes − set file times

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>

int utimes(file, tvp)
char ∗file;
struct timeval ∗tvp;

DESCRIPTION

utimes() sets the access and modification times of the file named by file.

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

If tvp is not NULL, it is assumed to point to an array of two timeval structures.  The access time is set to the value of the first member, and the modification time is set to the value of the second member.  Only the owner of the file or the super-user may use utimes() in this manner. 

In either case, the inode-changed time of the file is set to the current time. 

RETURN VALUES

utimes() returns:

0 on success. 

−1 on failure and sets errno to indicate the error. 

ERRORS

EACCES Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix of file.

EACCES The effective user ID of the process is not super-user and not the owner of the file, write permission is denied for the file, and tvp is NULL. 

EFAULT file or tvp points outside the process’s allocated address space. 

EIO An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system. 

ELOOP Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating file.

ENOENT The file referred to by file does not exist. 

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

EPERM The effective user ID of the process is not super-user and not the owner of the file, and tvp is not NULL. 

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

SEE ALSO

stat(2V)

Solbourne Computer, Inc.  —  21 January 1990