rename

Changes the filename of a file. The file is identified by character string pointed to by old_filename . The new filename is identified by character string pointed to by new_filename .

If new_filename exists, the behavior is implementation-defined.

Parameters

Return value

​ 0 ​ upon success or non-zero value on error.

Notes

POSIX specifies many additional details on the semantics of this function.

Example

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
 
int main(void)
{
    FILE* fp = fopen("from.txt", "w"); // create file "from.txt"
    if (!fp)
    {
        perror("from.txt");
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
    fputc('a', fp); // write to "from.txt"
    fclose(fp);
 
    int rc = rename("from.txt", "to.txt");
    if (rc)
    {
        perror("rename");
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
 
    fp = fopen("to.txt", "r");
    if(!fp)
    {
        perror("to.txt");
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
    printf("%c\n", fgetc(fp)); // read from "to.txt"
    fclose(fp);
 
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

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