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diff --git a/man2/stime.2 b/man2/stime.2 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1cf47c5e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/man2/stime.2 @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +.\" Hey Emacs! This file is -*- nroff -*- source. +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1992 Drew Eckhardt (drew@cs.colorado.edu), March 28, 1992 +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this +.\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are +.\" preserved on all copies. +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this +.\" manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the +.\" entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a +.\" permission notice identical to this one. +.\" +.\" Since the Linux kernel and libraries are constantly changing, this +.\" manual page may be incorrect or out-of-date. The author(s) assume no +.\" responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from +.\" the use of the information contained herein. The author(s) may not +.\" have taken the same level of care in the production of this manual, +.\" which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working +.\" professionally. +.\" +.\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by +.\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. +.\" +.\" Modified by Michael Haardt <michael@moria.de> +.\" Modified 1993-07-24 by Rik Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu> +.\" Modified 2001-03-16 by Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl> +.\" Modified 2004-05-27 by Michael Kerrisk <mtk16@ext.canterbury.ac.nz> +.\" +.TH STIME 2 2004-05-27 "Linux 2.6.6" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +stime \- set time +.SH SYNOPSIS +.BR "#define _SVID_SOURCE" " /* glibc2 needs this */" +.br +.B #include <time.h> +.sp +.BI "int stime(time_t *" t ); +.SH DESCRIPTION +\fBstime\fP sets the system's idea of the time and date. Time, pointed +to by \fIt\fP, is measured in seconds from 00:00:00 GMT January 1, 1970. +\fBstime()\fP may only be executed by the super user. +.SH "RETURN VALUE" +On success, zero is returned. On error, \-1 is returned, and +.I errno +is set appropriately. +.SH ERRORS +.TP +.B EFAULT +Error in getting information from user space. +.TP +.B EPERM +The calling process has insufficient privilege. +Under Linux the +.B CAP_SYS_TIME +privilege is required. +.SH "CONFORMING TO" +SVr4, SVID, X/OPEN +.SH NOTES +Under glibc2, +.I <time.h> +only provides a prototype when +.B _SVID_SOURCE +is defined. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR date (1), +.BR settimeofday (2), +.BR capabilities (7) |