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Man Page: rename

Operating Environment: bsd

Section: 3f

RENAME(3F)																RENAME(3F)

NAME
rename - rename a file
SYNOPSIS
integer function rename (from, to) character*(*) from, to
DESCRIPTION
From must be the pathname of an existing file. To will become the new pathname for the file. If to exists, then both from and to must be the same type of file, and must reside on the same filesystem. If to exists, it will be removed first. The returned value will be 0 if successful; a system error code otherwise.
FILES
/usr/lib/libU77.a
SEE ALSO
rename(2), perror(3F)
BUGS
Pathnames can be no longer than MAXPATHLEN as defined in <sys/param.h>. 4.2 Berkeley Distribution May 15, 1985 RENAME(3F)
Related Man Pages
prename(1) - linux
rename(2) - redhat
rename(2) - bsd
rename(2) - minix
rename(3) - php
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