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| <h5 class="unnumberedsubsubsec">rename</h5> |
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| <p><a name="index-rename_002c-file_002di_002fo-system-call-3609"></a> |
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| <dt>Synopsis:<dd> |
| <pre class="smallexample"> int rename(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath); |
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| <br><dt>Request:<dd>‘<samp><span class="samp">Frename,</span><var>oldpathptr</var><span class="samp">/</span><var>len</var><span class="samp">,</span><var>newpathptr</var><span class="samp">/</span><var>len</var></samp>’ |
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| <br><dt>Return value:<dd>On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned. |
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| <br><dt>Errors:<dd> |
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| <dt><code>EISDIR</code><dd><var>newpath</var> is an existing directory, but <var>oldpath</var> is not a |
| directory. |
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| <br><dt><code>EEXIST</code><dd><var>newpath</var> is a non-empty directory. |
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| <br><dt><code>EBUSY</code><dd><var>oldpath</var> or <var>newpath</var> is a directory that is in use by some |
| process. |
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| <br><dt><code>EINVAL</code><dd>An attempt was made to make a directory a subdirectory |
| of itself. |
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| <br><dt><code>ENOTDIR</code><dd>A component used as a directory in <var>oldpath</var> or new |
| path is not a directory. Or <var>oldpath</var> is a directory |
| and <var>newpath</var> exists but is not a directory. |
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| <br><dt><code>EFAULT</code><dd><var>oldpathptr</var> or <var>newpathptr</var> are invalid pointer values. |
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| <br><dt><code>EACCES</code><dd>No access to the file or the path of the file. |
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| <br><dt><code>ENAMETOOLONG</code><dd> |
| <var>oldpath</var> or <var>newpath</var> was too long. |
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| <br><dt><code>ENOENT</code><dd>A directory component in <var>oldpath</var> or <var>newpath</var> does not exist. |
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| <br><dt><code>EROFS</code><dd>The file is on a read-only filesystem. |
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| <br><dt><code>ENOSPC</code><dd>The device containing the file has no room for the new |
| directory entry. |
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| <br><dt><code>EINTR</code><dd>The call was interrupted by the user. |
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