Rename (C)

Rename (C)

rename is a function in the C programming language that renames a certain file.

The prototype of the function is::int rename(const char *oldname, const char *newname)

Zero is returned upon success, and other integers are returned upon failure.

The rename function is specified in the stdio.h library header file in C and the cstdio header in C++. It is specified in ANSI C.

In POSIX, rename will fail (with EXDEV) if the old and new names are on different mounted file systems. [man|sh|rename|SUS|rename a file] On Linux, if a call to rename succeeds it is guaranteed to have been atomic from the point of view of the current host.

References

* [http://www.cppreference.com/stdio/rename.html rename on cppreference.com]
* [http://www.cplusplus.com/ref/cstdio/rename.html rename on cplusplus.com]


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