FakeTime Preload Library (libfaketime)
FTPL (FakeTime Preload Library, aka libfaketime) intercepts various system library calls and tricks programs of your choice into seeing a faked system time without having to change the time system-wide. This can be used for running legacy software with Y2K bugs, testing software for year-2038 compliance, debugging time-related issues such as expired SSL certificates, and using software that ceases to run outside a certain time frame. The faked time can be specified either absolutely or relative to the real current time, and optionally also affects file timestamps. The faked clock continues to run, but can optionally be frozen, slowed down, or made faster. A wrapper script "faketime" simplifies the usage, similar to tools such as fakechroot.
| Tags | Utilities Diagnostics Software Development Debuggers |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPLv2+ |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
| Implementation | C |
| Translations | English |
Recent releases
- 21 Jan 2012 20:07
Release Notes: This release fixes packaging.
- 12 Jan 2012 22:05
Release Notes: This release adds improved support for Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion). It also provides several new features on all supported operating systems to limit libfaketime's activities, e.g., to only a certain time interval; and to execute external programs, e.g., shell scripts, at a specified point during run-time.
- 22 May 2011 09:14
Release Notes: This is a maintenance release. Changes were made to directory structure and deployment routines.
- 24 Aug 2008 21:43
Release Notes: This version adds support to speed up/slow down the system clock, intercepts calls to the new system functions fstatat() and fstatat64(), allows fractional values for offset specification, and comes with a new wrapper script and a man page for eased system-wide installation and use.
- 28 Jun 2008 21:26
Release Notes: This version adds phtread synchronization support, allows "start at" time specifications, provides options to dynamically disable features at runtime, and enhances compatibility with system-level applications, such as Java Virtual Machines.
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