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.Dd 
.Dt UTIME 3
.Os BSD 4
.Sh NAME
.Nm utime
.Nd set file times
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
.Ft int
.Fn utime "const char *file" "const struct utimbuf *timep"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Bf -symbolic
This interface is obsoleted by utimes(2) .
It is available from the compatibility library, libcompat.
.Ef
.Pp
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn utime
function sets the access and modification times of the named file from
the structures in the argument array
.Fa timep .
.Pp
The calling process's effective user ID must match the owner of the
file or must be the super-user.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr utimes 2 ,
.Xr stat 2
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Fn utime
function appeared in 
.At v7 .