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.TH UTIMES 2 "2 July 1983"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
utimes \- set file times
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.ft B
#include <sys/time.h>
.PP
.ft B
utimes(file, tvp)
char *file;
struct timeval *tvp[2];
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.I utimes
call
uses the
\*(lqaccessed\*(rq and \*(lqupdated\*(rq times in that order
from the
.I tvp
vector
to set the corresponding recorded times for
.I file.
.PP
The caller must be the owner of the file or the super-user.
The \*(lqinode-changed\*(rq time of the file is set to the current time.
.SH "RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
Otherwise, a value of \-1 is returned and
.I errno
is set to indicate the error.
.SH "ERRORS
.I Utime
will fail if one or more of the following are true:
.TP 15
[EPERM]
The pathname contained a character with the high-order bit set.
.TP 15
[ENOENT]
The pathname was too long.
.TP 15
[ENOENT]
The named file does not exist.
.TP 15
[ENOTDIR]
A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
.TP 15
[EACCES]
A component of the path prefix denies search permission.
.TP 15
[EPERM]
The process is not super-user and not the owner of the file.
.TP 15
[EACCES]
The effective user ID is not super-user and not the
owner of the file and \fItimes\fP is NULL and write access
is denied.
.TP 15
[EROFS]
The file system containing the file is mounted read-only.
.TP 15
[EFAULT]
.I Tvp
points outside the process's allocated address space.
.TP 15
[ELOOP]
Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
.SH SEE ALSO
stat(2)