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36.Dd June 4, 1993
37.Dt UTIME 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm utime
41.Nd set file times
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libc
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In sys/types.h
46.In utime.h
47.Ft int
48.Fn utime "const char *file" "const struct utimbuf *timep"
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50.Bf -symbolic
51This interface is obsoleted by
52.Xr utimes 2 .
53.Ef
54.Pp
55The
56.Fn utime
57function sets the access and modification times of the named file from
58the structures in the argument array
59.Fa timep .
60.Pp
61If the times are specified (the
62.Fa timep
63argument is
64.Pf non- Dv NULL )
65the caller must be the owner of the file or be the super-user.
66.Pp
67If the times are not specified (the
68.Fa timep
69argument is
70.Dv NULL )
71the caller must be the owner of the file, have permission to write
72the file, or be the super-user.
73.Sh ERRORS
74The
75.Fn utime
76function may fail and set
77.Va errno
78for any of the errors specified for the library function
79.Xr utimes 2 .
80.Sh SEE ALSO
81.Xr stat 2 ,
82.Xr utimes 2
83.Sh STANDARDS
84The
85.Fn utime
86function conforms to
87.St -p1003.1-88 .
88.Sh HISTORY
89A
90.Fn utime
91function appeared in
92.At v7 .
93