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2021-01-06T02:08:41
utimensat: Work around trailing slash bug in utimensat() on AIX 7.2. * m4/utimensat.m4 (gl_FUNC_UTIMENSAT): Require AC_CANONICAL_HOST. Add a test for trailing slash handling. Improve cross-compilation guesses. Conditionally define HAVE_NEARLY_WORKING_UTIMENSAT. * lib/utimensat.c (rpl_utimensat): Add alternative implementation when HAVE_NEARLY_WORKING_UTIMENSAT is defined. * lib/utimens.c: Use the overridden utimensat when HAVE_NEARLY_WORKING_UTIMENSAT is defined. * doc/posix-functions/utimensat.texi: Mention the AIX bug.
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@node utimes
@section @code{utimes}
@findex utimes
POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/utimes.html}
Gnulib module: ---
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
Minix 3.1.8, mingw, MSVC 14.
@item
On some platforms, this function mis-handles a trailing slash:
FreeBSD 7.2, Solaris 9.
@item
This function cannot set full timestamp resolution. In particular,
some platforms incorrectly round rather than truncate. Use
@code{utimensat(AT_FDCWD,file,times,0)}, or the gnulib module @code{utimens},
instead.
@item
On some platforms, @code{utimes (file, NULL)} fails to set the
file's timestamp to the current time:
glibc 2.3.3.
@item
On some platforms, @code{utimes} failed on read-only files when
@code{utime} worked fine.
glibc 2.2.5.
@item
On OS/2, this function cannot set the timestamp to earlier than the
year 1980 in local time.
@item
On OS/2, this function cannot set the timestamp to an odd number of
seconds.
@item
On OS/2, this function does not work on an opened file.
@end itemize
Extension: Gnulib provides a module @samp{utimens} that works around these
problems and allows to set the time with nanosecond resolution (as far as
supported by the file system).