---
name: "dpns_utime"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libdpm-dev"
version: "1.10.0-2+b3"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dpns_utime"
---

# dpns\_utime(3)

set last access and modification times

## NAME

dpns\_utime - set last access and modification times

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<sys/types.h\>**\
 **#include "dpns\_api.h"**

**int dpns\_utime (const char \****path***,** **struct utimbuf \****times***)**

## DESCRIPTION

**dpns\_utime** sets last access and modification times.

- *path*

  specifies the logical pathname relative to the current DPNS directory or the full DPNS pathname.

If *times* is NULL, the access and modification times are set to the current time else they are set to the **utimbuf** structure member values. ctime is set to current time.

## RETURN VALUE

This routine returns 0 if the operation was successful or -1 if the operation failed. In the latter case, **serrno** is set appropriately.

## ERRORS

- **EPERM**

  *times* is not NULL and the caller effective user ID does not match the owner ID of the file and the caller does not have ADMIN privilege in the Cupv database.

- **ENOENT**

  A component of *path* prefix does not exist or *path* is a null pathname.

- **EACCES**

  Search permission is denied on a component of the *path* prefix or the caller effective user ID does not match the owner ID of the file or write permission on the file itself is denied and *times* is NULL.

- **EFAULT**

  *path* is a  NULL pointer.

- **ENOTDIR**

  A component of *path* prefix is not a directory.

- **ENAMETOOLONG**

  The length of *path* exceeds **CA\_MAXPATHLEN** or the length of a *path* component exceeds **CA\_MAXNAMELEN**.

- **SENOSHOST**

  Host unknown.

- **SENOSSERV**

  Service unknown.

- **SECOMERR**

  Communication error.

- **ENSNACT**

  Name server is not running or is being shutdown.

## SEE ALSO

**[Castor\_limits(4)](/Castor_limits/4.md)**, **[dpns\_chdir(3)](/dpns_chdir/3.md)**, **[dpns\_stat(3)](/dpns_stat/3.md), [dpns\_statg(3)](/dpns_statg/3.md)**, **Cupvlist(1)**

## AUTHOR

**LCG Grid Deployment** Team