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rename(2) System Calls Manual rename(2)
NAME
rename - Renames a directory or a file within a file system
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
int rename ( const char *from, const char *to );
[Tru64 UNIX] The following definition of the rename() function does not conform to current standards and is supported only for backward
compatibility (see standards(5)):
int rename ( char *from, char *to );
STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:
rename(): XSH5.0
Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.
PARAMETERS
Identifies the file or directory to be renamed. Identifies the new pathname of the file or directory to be renamed. If the to parameter is
an existing file or empty directory, it is replaced by the from parameter. If the to parameter is a nonempty directory, the rename() func-
tion exits with an error.
DESCRIPTION
The rename() function renames a directory or a file within a file system.
For rename() to complete successfully, the calling process must have write and search permission to the parent directories of both the from
and to parameters. If the from parameter is a directory and the parent directories of from and to are different, then the calling process
must have write and search permission to the from parameter as well.
If the from and to parameters both refer to the same existing file, the rename() function returns successfully and performs no other
action.
Both the from and to parameters must be of the same type (that is, both directories or both nondirectories) and must reside on the same
file system. If the to parameter already exists, it is first removed. In this case it is guaranteed that a link named the to parameter will
exist throughout the operation. This link refers to the file named by either the to or from parameter before the operation began.
If the final component of the from parameter is a symbolic link, the symbolic link (not the file or directory to which it points) is
renamed. If the final component of the to parameter is a symbolic link, the symbolic link is destroyed.
If the from and to parameters name directories, the following must be true: The from parameter is not an ancestor of the to parameter. For
example, the to pathname must not contain a path prefix that names from. The from parameter is well-formed. For example, the . (dot)
entry in from, if it exists, refers to the same directory as from, exactly one directory has a link to from (excluding the self-referential
. ), and the .. (dot-dot) entry in from, if it exists, refers to the directory that contains an entry for from. The to parameter, if it
exists, must be well-formed (as defined previously).
Upon successful completion, the rename() function marks the st_ctime and st_mtime fields of the parent directory of each file for update.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, the rename() function returns a value of 0 (zero). Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned, and errno is set to
indicate the error.
ERRORS
If the rename() function fails, the file or directory name remains unchanged and errno may be set to one of the following values: Creating
the requested link requires writing in a directory with a mode that denies write permission, or a component of either pathname denies
search permission. The directory named by the from or to parameter is currently in use by the system or by another process. The directory
that would contain to cannot be extended because the user's quota of disk blocks on the file system containing the directory is exhausted.
The to parameter is an existing nonempty directory. Either the to or from parameter is an invalid address. Either the from or to parame-
ter is not a well-formed directory, an attempt is made to rename . (dot) or .. (dot-dot), or the from parameter is an ancestor of the to
parameter. [Tru64 UNIX] An I/O error occurred when updating the (underlined) directory. The to parameter names a directory and the from
parameter names a nondirectory. Too many links were encountered in translating either to or from. The length of the to or from parameters
exceeds PATH_MAX or a pathname component is longer than NAME_MAX. Indicates either that the system file table is full, or that there are
too many files currently open in the system. A component of either path does not exist, or either path is the empty string, or the file
named by the from parameter does not exist. The directory that would contain to cannot be extended because the file system is out of
space. The from parameter names a directory and the to parameter names a nondirectory. The S_ISVTX flag is set on the directory contain-
ing the file to be renamed, and the caller is not the file owner. The requested operation requires writing in a directory on a read-only
file system. The link named by the to parameter and the file named by the from parameter are on different file systems.
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: chmod(1), mkdir(1), mv(1), mvdir(1)
Functions: chmod(2), link(2), mkdir(2), rmdir(2), unlink(2)
Standards: standards(5) delim off
rename(2)