futimesat(2) — Linux manual page

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FUTIMESAT(2)              Linux Programmer's Manual             FUTIMESAT(2)

NAME top

       futimesat  - change timestamps of a file relative to a directory file
       descriptor

SYNOPSIS top

       #include <fcntl.h> /* Definition of AT_* constants */
       #include <sys/time.h>

       int futimesat(int dirfd, const char *pathname,
                     const struct timeval times[2]);

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

       futimesat(): _GNU_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION top

       This system call is obsolete.  Use utimensat(2) instead.

       The futimesat() system call operates in exactly the same way as
       utimes(2), except for the differences described in this manual page.

       If the pathname given in pathname is relative, then it is interpreted
       relative to the directory referred to by the file descriptor dirfd
       (rather than relative to the current working directory of the calling
       process, as is done by utimes(2) for a relative pathname).

       If pathname is relative and dirfd is the special value AT_FDCWD, then
       pathname is interpreted relative to the current working directory of
       the calling process (like utimes(2)).

       If pathname is absolute, then dirfd is ignored.

RETURN VALUE top

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

ERRORS top

       The same errors that occur for utimes(2) can also occur for
       futimesat().  The following additional errors can occur for
       futimesat():

       EBADF  dirfd is not a valid file descriptor.

       ENOTDIR
              pathname is relative and dirfd is a file descriptor referring
              to a file other than a directory.

VERSIONS top

       futimesat() was added to Linux in kernel 2.6.16; library support was
       added to glibc in version 2.4.

CONFORMING TO top

       This system call is nonstandard.  It was implemented from a
       specification that was proposed for POSIX.1, but that specification
       was replaced by the one for utimensat(2).

       A similar system call exists on Solaris.

NOTES top

   Glibc notes
       If pathname is NULL, then the glibc futimesat() wrapper function
       updates the times for the file referred to by dirfd.

SEE ALSO top

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

COLOPHON top

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Linux                            2017-09-15                     FUTIMESAT(2)

Pages that refer to this page: creat(2) , open(2) , openat(2) , syscalls(2) , utime(2) , utimensat(2) , utimes(2) , futimens(3)