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