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authorRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>2002-08-27 02:10:01 +0000
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* time/sys/time.h [__USE_BSD] (lutimes, futimes): Declare them.
* manual/filesys.texi (File Times): Document lutimes and futimes. * misc/Makefile (routines): Add them. * misc/Versions (libc: GLIBC_2.3): Likewise. * sysdeps/generic/lutimes.c: New file. * sysdeps/generic/futimes.c: New file. * sysdeps/mach/hurd/lutimes.c: New file. * sysdeps/mach/hurd/futimes.c: New file. * manual/filesys.texi (File Times): Add explicit note about null pointer argument to utimes. 2002-08-26 Roland McGrath <roland@frob.com> * sysdeps/mach/hurd/ifreq.h (__if_freereq): Add missing semicolon. (__ifreq): Add a cast. Remove an unused variable. * hurd/hurd/threadvar.h (enum __hurd_threadvar_index): Add _HURD_THREADVAR_LOCALE.
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@@ -2722,12 +2722,61 @@ in the header file @file{sys/time.h}.
This function sets the file access and modification times of the file
@var{filename}. The new file access time is specified by
@code{@var{tvp}[0]}, and the new modification time by
-@code{@var{tvp}[1]}. This function comes from BSD.
+@code{@var{tvp}[1]}. Similar to @code{utime}, if @var{tvp} is a null
+pointer then the access and modification times of the file are set to
+the current time. This function comes from BSD.
The return values and error conditions are the same as for the @code{utime}
function.
@end deftypefun
+@comment sys/time.h
+@comment BSD
+@deftypefun int lutimes (const char *@var{filename}, struct timeval @var{tvp}@t{[2]})
+This function is like @code{utimes}, except that it does not follow
+symbolic links. If @var{filename} is the name of a symbolic link,
+@code{lutimes} sets the file access and modification times of the
+symbolic link special file itself (as seen by @code{lstat};
+@pxref{Symbolic Links}) while @code{utimes} sets the file access and
+modification times of the file the symbolic link refers to. This
+function comes from FreeBSD, and is not available on all platforms (if
+not available, it will fail with @code{ENOSYS}).
+
+The return values and error conditions are the same as for the @code{utime}
+function.
+@end deftypefun
+
+@comment sys/time.h
+@comment BSD
+@deftypefun int futimes (int *@var{fd}, struct timeval @var{tvp}@t{[2]})
+This function is like @code{utimes}, except that it takes an open file
+descriptor as an argument instead of a file name. @xref{Low-Level
+I/O}. This function comes from FreeBSD, and is not available on all
+platforms (if not available, it will fail with @code{ENOSYS}).
+
+Like @code{utimes}, @code{futimes} returns @code{0} on success and @code{-1}
+on failure. The following @code{errno} error conditions are defined for
+@code{futimes}:
+
+@table @code
+@item EACCES
+There is a permission problem in the case where a null pointer was
+passed as the @var{times} argument. In order to update the time stamp on
+the file, you must either be the owner of the file, have write
+permission for the file, or be a privileged user.
+
+@item EBADF
+The @var{filedes} argument is not a valid file descriptor.
+
+@item EPERM
+If the @var{times} argument is not a null pointer, you must either be
+the owner of the file or be a privileged user.
+
+@item EROFS
+The file lives on a read-only file system.
+@end table
+@end deftypefun
+
@node File Size
@subsection File Size