Man Page rename.3f




NAME

     rename - rename a file


SYNOPSIS

     integer function rename (from, to)
     character*(*) from, to


DESCRIPTION

     The argument from must be the path name of an existing file.
     The  argument  to  is the new path name for the file.  If to
     exists, then both from and to must be the same type of file,
     and  must  reside on the same file system.  If to exists, it
     is removed first.

     The returned value is 0 if successful, a system  error  code
     otherwise.


FILES

     libF77.a


SEE ALSO

     rename(2), perror(3F)


BUGS

     Path names cannot be longer than MAXPATHLEN  as  defined  in
     <sys/param.h>.