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UTIME(3)                 BSD Library Functions Manual                 UTIME(3)

NAME
     utime -- set file times

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <utime.h>

     int
     utime(const char *path, const struct utimbuf *times);

DESCRIPTION
     This interface is obsoleted by utimes(2).

     The utime() function sets the access and modification times of the named file, based on the structures
     in the argument array times.

     If the times are specified (the times argument is non-NULL), the caller must be the owner of the file
     or be the super-user.

     If the times are not specified (the times argument is NULL), the caller must be the owner of the file,
     have permission to write the file, or be the super-user.

ERRORS
     The utime() function may fail and set errno for any of the errors specified for the library function
     utimes(2).

SEE ALSO
     stat(2), utimes(2)

HISTORY
     A utime() function appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.

STANDARDS
     The utime() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-1988 (``POSIX.1'').

BSD                              June 4, 1993                              BSD