utime.h(7POSIX) POSIX Programmer's Manual utime.h(7POSIX)
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NAME
utime.h — access and modification times structure
SYNOPSIS
#include <utime.h>
DESCRIPTION
The <utime.h> header shall declare the utimbuf structure, which shall include the follow‐
ing members:
time_t actime Access time.
time_t modtime Modification time.
The times shall be measured in seconds since the Epoch.
The <utime.h> header shall define the time_t type as described in <sys/types.h>.
The following shall be declared as a function and may also be defined as a macro. A func‐
tion prototype shall be provided.
int utime(const char *, const struct utimbuf *);
The following sections are informative.
APPLICATION USAGE
The utime() function only allows setting file timestamps to the nearest second. Applica‐
tions should use the utimensat() function instead. See <sys/stat.h>.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
The <utime.h> header may be removed in a future version.
SEE ALSO
<sys_stat.h>, <sys_types.h>
The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1‐2008, futimens(), utime()
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std
1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System
Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. (This is
POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the event of any discrep‐
ancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original
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