utime#

Synopsis#

#include <time.h>

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

Status#

Declared, not implemented

Conformance#

IEEE Std 1003.1-2017

Description#

The utime() function shall set the access and modification times of the file named by the path argument.

If times is a null pointer, the access and modification times of the file shall be set to the current time. The effective user ID of the process shall match the owner of the file, or the process has write permission to the file or has appropriate privileges, to use utime() in this manner.

If times is not a null pointer, times shall be interpreted as a pointer to a utimbuf structure and the access and modification times shall be set to the values contained in the designated structure. Only a process with the effective user ID equal to the user ID of the file or a process with appropriate privileges may use utime() this way.

The utimbuf structure is defined in the <utime.h> header. The times in the structure utimbuf are measured in seconds since the Epoch.

Upon successful completion, the utime() function shall mark the last file status change timestamp for update; see <sys/stat.h>.

Return value#

Upon successful completion, 0 shall be returned. Otherwise, -1 shall be returned and errno shall be set to indicate the error, and the file times shall not be affected.

Errors#

The utime() function shall fail if:

EACCES - Search permission is denied by a component of the path prefix; or the times argument is a null pointer and the effective user ID of the process does not match the owner of the file, the process does not have write permission for the file, and the process does not have appropriate privileges.
ELOOP - A loop exists in symbolic links encountered during resolution of the path argument.
ENAMETOOLONG - The length of a component of a path name is longer than NAME_MAX.
ENOENT - A component of path does not name an existing file or path is an empty string.
ENOTDIR - A component of the path prefix names an existing file that is neither a directory nor a symbolic link to a directory, or the path argument contains at least one non- <slash> character and ends with one or more trailing <slash> characters and the last path name component names an existing file that is neither a directory nor a symbolic link to a directory.
EPERM - The times argument is not a null pointer and the effective user ID of the calling process does not match the owner of the file and the calling process does not have appropriate privileges.
EROFS - The file system containing the file is read-only.

The utime() function may fail if:

ELOOP - More than SYMLOOP_MAX symbolic links were encountered during resolution of the path argument.
ENAMETOOLONG - The length of a path name exceeds PATH_MAX, or path name resolution of a symbolic link produced an intermediate result with a length that exceeds PATH_MAX.

Tests#

Untested

Known bugs#

None