futimes(3)

1FUTIMES(3)                 Linux Programmer's Manual                FUTIMES(3)
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NAME

6       futimes - change access and/or modification times of an open file
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <sys/time.h>
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11       int futimes(int fd, const struct timeval tv[2]);
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DESCRIPTION

14       futimes()  changes  the  access and modification times of a file in the
15       same way as utimes(2), with the difference that the  file  whose  time‐
16       stamps are to be changed is specified via a file descriptor, fd, rather
17       than via a pathname.
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RETURN VALUE

20       On success, zero is returned.  On error, -1 is returned, and  errno  is
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ERRORS

24       Errors are as for utimes(2), with the following additions:
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26       EBADF  fd is not a valid file descriptor.
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28       ENOSYS The /proc file system could not be accessed.
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VERSIONS

31       futimes() is available since glibc 2.3.
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CONFORMING TO

34       4.2BSD.  Other than Linux, this function is only available on the BSDs.
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