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RENAME
Section: NEWLIB (3)
Updated: 2005 Feb 23
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NAME
3.38 `rename'--rename a file
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
int rename(const char *OLD, const char *NEW);
int _rename_r(struct _reent *REENT,
const char *OLD, const char *NEW);
DESCRIPTION
Use `rename' to establish a new name (the string at NEW) for a file now
known by the string at OLD. After a successful `rename', the file is
no longer accessible by the string at OLD.
If `rename' fails, the file named `*OLD' is unaffected. The
conditions for failure depend on the host operating system.
The alternate function `_rename_r' is a reentrant version. The
extra argument REENT is a pointer to a reentrancy structure.
RETURNS
The result is either `0' (when successful) or `-1' (when the file could
not be renamed).
PORTABILITY
ANSI C requires `rename', but only specifies that the result on failure
be nonzero. The effects of using the name of an existing file as
`*NEW' may vary from one implementation to another.
Supporting OS subroutines required: `link', `unlink', or `rename'.
SEE ALSO
rename
is part of the
libc
library.
The full documentation for
libc
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
info
and
libc
are properly installed at your site, the command
-
info libc
will give you access to the complete manual.
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