NAME
stime - set time
SYNOPSIS
R #define _SVID_SOURCE /* glibc2 needs this */
#include <time.h>
I int stime(time_t * t );
DESCRIPTION
R stime ()
sets the system's idea of the time and date.
Time, pointed
to by t, is measured in seconds from 00:00:00 GMT January 1, 1970.
R stime ()
may only be executed by the superuser.
RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned.
On error, -1 is returned, and
errno
is set appropriately.
ERRORS
EFAULT
Error in getting information from user space.
EPERM
The calling process has insufficient privilege.
Under Linux the
CAP_SYS_TIME
privilege is required.
CONFORMING TO
SVr4.
NOTES
Under glibc2,
<time.h>
only provides a prototype when
_SVID_SOURCE
is defined.
SEE ALSO