RENAME(3F)                           BSD                            RENAME(3F)



NAME
     rename - rename a file

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

DESCRIPTION
     from must be the pathname of an existing file.  to will become the new
     pathname 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 will be removed first.

     The returned value will be 0 if successful; a system error code
     otherwise.

FILES
     /usr/lib/libU77.a

SEE ALSO
     rename(2), perror(3F)

BUGS
     Pathnames can be no longer than MAXPATHLEN as defined in <sys/param.h>.