how to use the lutimes function from fs-extra in javascript

To use the lutimes function from the fs-extra module in JavaScript, follow these steps:

  1. Install fs-extra module using npm:
npm install fs-extra
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  1. Import the fs-extra module in your JavaScript file:
index.tsx
const fs = require('fs-extra');
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  1. Use the lutimes function to update the access time (atime) and modified time (mtime) of a file:
index.tsx
const file = '/path/to/file.txt';
const atime = new Date('2021-09-27T00:00:00Z');
const mtime = new Date('2021-09-26T00:00:00Z');

fs.lutimes(file, atime, mtime)
  .then(() => console.log('File timestamps updated successfully'))
  .catch(err => console.error(`Error updating file timestamps: ${err}`));
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In the example above, we are updating the file /path/to/file.txt with a new access time of 2021-09-27T00:00:00Z (UTC time) and a new modified time of 2021-09-26T00:00:00Z (UTC time).

Note that the lutimes function updates the timestamps using the file descriptor provided by fs.open, so make sure to use this function to get the file descriptor before using lutimes.

Also, make sure to handle the returned promise properly and catch any errors that may occur.

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