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-.TH FUTIMESAT 2 2006-05-05 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH FUTIMESAT 2 2017-09-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
futimesat \- change timestamps of a file relative to a \
directory file descriptor
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
-.B #define _ATFILE_SOURCE
.B #include <fcntl.h> /* Definition of AT_* constants */
-.sp
+.B #include <sys/time.h>
+.PP
.BI "int futimesat(int " dirfd ", const char *" pathname ,
.BI " const struct timeval " times [2]);
.fi
+.PP
+.in -4n
+Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
+.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
+.in
+.PP
+.BR futimesat ():
+_GNU_SOURCE
.SH DESCRIPTION
+This system call is obsolete.
+Use
+.BR utimensat (2)
+instead.
+.PP
The
.BR futimesat ()
system call operates in exactly the same way as
.BR utimes (2),
except for the differences described in this manual page.
-
+.PP
If the pathname given in
.I pathname
is relative, then it is interpreted relative to the directory
the calling process, as is done by
.BR utimes (2)
for a relative pathname).
-
+.PP
If
.I pathname
is relative and
is interpreted relative to the current working
directory of the calling process (like
.BR utimes (2)).
-
+.PP
If
.I pathname
is absolute, then
.I dirfd
is ignored.
-.SH "RETURN VALUE"
+.SH RETURN VALUE
On success,
.BR futimesat ()
returns a 0.
is a file descriptor referring to a file other than a directory.
.SH VERSIONS
.BR futimesat ()
-was added to Linux in kernel 2.6.16.
-.SH "CONFORMING TO"
-This system call is non-standard but is proposed
-for inclusion in a future revision of POSIX.1.
+was added to Linux in kernel 2.6.16;
+library support was added to glibc in version 2.4.
+.SH CONFORMING TO
+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
+.BR utimensat (2).
+.PP
A similar system call exists on Solaris.
.SH NOTES
-.SS Glibc Notes
+.SS Glibc notes
If
.I pathname
is NULL, then the glibc
wrapper function updates the times for the file referred to by
.IR dirfd .
.\" The Solaris futimesat() also has this strangeness.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.SH SEE ALSO
.BR stat (2),
+.BR utimensat (2),
.BR utimes (2),
.BR futimes (3),
.BR path_resolution (7)