FUTIMES(3)		   Linux Programmers Manual		   FUTIMES(3)



NAME
       futimes, lutimes - change file timestamps

SYNOPSIS
       #include 

       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(): _BSD_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION
       futimes()  changes  the	access and modification times of a file in the
       same way as utimes(2), with the difference that the file  whose	times
       tamps  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), with the difference that if filename refers to a
       symbolic link, then the link is not dereferenced: instead,  the	times
       tamps of the symbolic link are changed.

RETURN VALUE
       On  success,  zero is returned.	On error, -1 is returned, and errno is
       set appropriately.

ERRORS
       Errors  are  as	for  utimes(2),  with  the  following  additions   for
       futimes():

       EBADF  fd is not a valid file descriptor.

       ENOSYS The /proc file system could not be accessed.

VERSIONS
       futimes()  is  available since glibc 2.3.  lutimes() is available since
       glibc 2.6, and is implemented using the utimensat(2) system call, which
       is supported since kernel 2.6.22.

CONFORMING TO
       These  functions  are not specified in any standard.  Other than Linux,
       they are only available on the BSDs.

SEE ALSO
       utimensat(2), utime(2), symlink(7)

COLOPHON
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       description  of	the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



Linux				  2008-04-07			    FUTIMES(3)