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NAME top

   futimes, lutimes - change file timestamps

LIBRARY top

   Standard C library (_libc_, _-lc_)

SYNOPSIS top

   **#include <sys/time.h>**

   **int futimes(int** _fd_**, const struct timeval** _tv_**[2]);**
   **int lutimes(const char ***_filename_**, const struct timeval** _tv_**[2]);**

Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

   **futimes**(), **lutimes**():
       Since glibc 2.19:
           _DEFAULT_SOURCE
       glibc 2.19 and earlier:
           _BSD_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION top

   **futimes**() changes the access and modification times of a file in
   the same way as [utimes(2)](../man2/utimes.2.html), with the difference that the file whose
   timestamps are to be changed is specified via a file descriptor,
   _fd_, rather than via a pathname.

   **lutimes**() changes the access and modification times of a file in
   the same way as [utimes(2)](../man2/utimes.2.html), with the difference that if _filename_
   refers to a symbolic link, then the link is not dereferenced:
   instead, the timestamps of the symbolic link are changed.

RETURN VALUE top

   On success, zero is returned.  On error, -1 is returned, and _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_
   is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS top

   Errors are as for [utimes(2)](../man2/utimes.2.html), with the following additions for
   **futimes**():

   **EBADF** _fd_ is not a valid file descriptor.

   **ENOSYS** The _/proc_ filesystem could not be accessed.

   The following additional error may occur for **lutimes**():

   **ENOSYS** The kernel does not support this call; Linux 2.6.22 or
          later is required.

ATTRIBUTES top

   For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
   [attributes(7)](../man7/attributes.7.html).
   ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
   │ **Interface** │ **Attribute** │ **Value** │
   ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
   │ **futimes**(), **lutimes**()                 │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
   └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS top

   Linux, BSD.

HISTORY top

   **futimes**()
          glibc 2.3.

   **lutimes**()
          glibc 2.6.

NOTES top

   **lutimes**() is implemented using the [utimensat(2)](../man2/utimensat.2.html) system call.

SEE ALSO top

   [utime(2)](../man2/utime.2.html), [utimensat(2)](../man2/utimensat.2.html), [symlink(7)](../man7/symlink.7.html)

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Linux man-pages 6.10 2024-07-23 futimes(3)

Pages that refer to this page:futimesat(2), utime(2), utimensat(2), timeval(3type), symlink(7)