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NAME

6       futimesat  -  change  timestamps of a file relative to a directory file
7       descriptor
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SYNOPSIS

10       #include <fcntl.h> /* Definition of AT_* constants */
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12       int futimesat(int dirfd, const char *pathname,
13                     const struct timeval times[2]);
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15   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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17       futimesat():
18       Since glibc 2.10: _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 700 || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L
19       Before glibc 2.10: _ATFILE_SOURCE
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DESCRIPTION

22       This system call is obsolete.  Use utimensat(2) instead.
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24       The futimesat() system  call  operates  in  exactly  the  same  way  as
25       utimes(2), except for the differences described in this manual page.
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27       If  the  pathname given in pathname is relative, then it is interpreted
28       relative to the directory referred to  by  the  file  descriptor  dirfd
29       (rather  than  relative to the current working directory of the calling
30       process, as is done by utimes(2) for a relative pathname).
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32       If pathname is relative and dirfd is the special value  AT_FDCWD,  then
33       pathname  is  interpreted  relative to the current working directory of
34       the calling process (like utimes(2)).
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36       If pathname is absolute, then dirfd is ignored.
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RETURN VALUE

39       On success, futimesat() returns a 0.  On  error,  -1  is  returned  and
40       errno is set to indicate the error.
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ERRORS

43       The  same  errors  that  occur for utimes(2) can also occur for futime‐
44       sat().  The following additional errors can occur for futimesat():
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46       EBADF  dirfd is not a valid file descriptor.
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49              pathname is relative and dirfd is a file descriptor referring to
50              a file other than a directory.
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VERSIONS

53       futimesat() was added to Linux in kernel 2.6.16.
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CONFORMING TO

56       This  system call is nonstandard.  It was implemented from a specifica‐
57       tion that was proposed for POSIX.1, but that specification was replaced
58       by the one for utimensat(2).
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60       A similar system call exists on Solaris.
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NOTES

63   Glibc Notes
64       If  pathname  is  NULL,  then  the  glibc  futimesat() wrapper function
65       updates the times for the file referred to by dirfd.
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SEE ALSO

68       stat(2), utimensat(2), utimes(2), futimes(3), path_resolution(7)
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COLOPHON

71       This page is part of release 3.25 of the Linux  man-pages  project.   A
72       description  of  the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
73       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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