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| author | jilles <jilles@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-06-09 22:14:58 +0000 |
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| committer | jilles <jilles@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-06-09 22:14:58 +0000 |
| commit | 563b27479d0b1c0ffa26232b3d397e3ef0124590 (patch) | |
| tree | 8a65cd6c77bd6b3ec0d93048a55612c09f6fdad3 /lib | |
| parent | 7e85cd3717a06b98f2acad2c3fc5fd8384a929ef (diff) | |
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utimes(2),utime(3): Add deprecation in favour of utimensat(2) and futimens(2).
Setting time by seconds or microseconds may cause unexpected effects
especially if sysctl vfs.timestamp_precision=3 (not default).
Calling the obsolete functions with NULL timestamps is acceptable.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/utime.3 | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/utimes.2 | 17 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/utime.3 b/lib/libc/gen/utime.3 index 1951613..20c7916 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/utime.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/utime.3 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)utime.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dd June 9, 2016 .Dt UTIME 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION .Bf -symbolic This interface is obsoleted by -.Xr utimes 2 . +.Xr utimensat 2 +because it is not accurate to fractions of a second. .Ef .Pp The @@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ for any of the errors specified for the library function .Xr utimes 2 . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr stat 2 , +.Xr utimensat 2 , .Xr utimes 2 .Sh STANDARDS The diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/utimes.2 b/lib/libc/sys/utimes.2 index 15db627..30d31d2 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/utimes.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/utimes.2 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" @(#)utimes.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 3, 2014 +.Dd June 9, 2016 .Dt UTIMES 2 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ .Ft int .Fn futimesat "int fd" "const char *path" "const struct timeval times[2]" .Sh DESCRIPTION +.Bf -symbolic +These interfaces are obsoleted by +.Xr futimens 2 +and +.Xr utimensat 2 +because they are not accurate to nanoseconds. +.Ef +.Pp The access and modification times of the file named by .Fa path or referenced by @@ -223,6 +231,7 @@ nor a file descriptor associated with a directory. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr chflags 2 , .Xr stat 2 , +.Xr utimensat 2 , .Xr utime 3 .Sh STANDARDS The @@ -231,7 +240,11 @@ function is expected to conform to .St -xpg4.2 . The .Fn futimesat -system call follows The Open Group Extended API Set 2 specification. +system call follows The Open Group Extended API Set 2 specification +but was replaced by +.Fn utimensat +in +.St -p1003.1-2008 . .Sh HISTORY The .Fn utimes |
