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diff --git a/man3/futimes.3 b/man3/futimes.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0f57891 --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/futimes.3 @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright (c) 2006, 2008, Michael Kerrisk +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.TH futimes 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.SH NAME +futimes, lutimes \- change file timestamps +.SH LIBRARY +Standard C library +.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <sys/time.h> +.PP +.BI "int futimes(int " fd ", const struct timeval " tv [2]); +.BI "int lutimes(const char *" filename ", const struct timeval " tv [2]); +.fi +.PP +.RS -4 +Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see +.BR feature_test_macros (7)): +.RE +.PP +.BR futimes (), +.BR lutimes (): +.nf + Since glibc 2.19: + _DEFAULT_SOURCE + glibc 2.19 and earlier: + _BSD_SOURCE +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +.BR futimes () +changes the access and modification times of a file in the same way as +.BR utimes (2), +with the difference that the file whose timestamps are to be changed +is specified via a file descriptor, +.IR fd , +rather than via a pathname. +.PP +.BR lutimes () +changes the access and modification times of a file in the same way as +.BR utimes (2), +with the difference that if +.I filename +refers to a symbolic link, then the link is not dereferenced: +instead, the timestamps of the symbolic link are changed. +.SH RETURN VALUE +On success, zero is returned. +On error, \-1 is returned, and +.I errno +is set to indicate the error. +.SH ERRORS +Errors are as for +.BR utimes (2), +with the following additions for +.BR futimes (): +.TP +.B EBADF +.I fd +is not a valid file descriptor. +.TP +.B ENOSYS +The +.I /proc +filesystem could not be accessed. +.PP +The following additional error may occur for +.BR lutimes (): +.TP +.B ENOSYS +The kernel does not support this call; Linux 2.6.22 or later is required. +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR futimes (), +.BR lutimes () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.sp 1 +.SH STANDARDS +Linux, BSD. +.SH HISTORY +.TP +.BR futimes () +glibc 2.3. +.TP +.BR lutimes () +glibc 2.6. +.SH NOTES +.BR lutimes () +is implemented using the +.BR utimensat (2) +system call. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR utime (2), +.BR utimensat (2), +.BR symlink (7) |