std::rename
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| Defined in header <cstdio>
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| int rename( const char *old_filename, const char *new_filename ); |
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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
| old_filename | - | pointer to a null-terminated string containing the path identifying the file to rename |
| new_filename | - | pointer to a null-terminated string containing the new path of the file |
Return value
0 upon success or non-zero value on error.
Notes
POSIX specifies many additional details on the semantics of this function, which are reproduced in C++ by std::experimental::filesystem::rename.
Example
Run this code
#include <iostream> #include <fstream> #include <cstdio> int main() { bool ok = std::ofstream("from.txt").put('a'); // create and write to file if(!ok) { std::perror("Error creating from.txt"); return 1; } int rc = std::rename("from.txt", "to.txt"); if(rc) { std::perror("Error renaming"); return 1; } std::cout << std::ifstream("to.txt").rdbuf() << '\n'; // print file }
Output:
a
See also
| (C++17) |
moves or renames a file or directory (function) |
| erases a file (function) | |
| C documentation for rename
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