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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
                      2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
                      3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\"    @(#)rename.3f   6.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH RENAME 3F "May 15, 1985"
                      8: .UC 5
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: rename \- rename a file
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: .B integer function rename (from, to)
                     13: .br
                     14: .B character*(*) from, to
                     15: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     16: .I From
                     17: must be the pathname of an existing file.
                     18: .I To
                     19: will become the new pathname for the file.
                     20: If
                     21: .I to
                     22: exists, then both
                     23: .I from
                     24: and
                     25: .I to
                     26: must be the same type of file, and must reside on the same filesystem.
                     27: If
                     28: .I to
                     29: exists, it will be removed first.
                     30: .PP
                     31: The returned value will be 0 if successful; a system error code otherwise.
                     32: .SH FILES
                     33: .ie \nM /usr/ucb/lib/libU77.a
                     34: .el /usr/lib/libU77.a
                     35: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     36: rename(2), perror(3F)
                     37: .SH BUGS
                     38: Pathnames can be no longer than MAXPATHLEN as defined in
                     39: .RI < sys/param.h >.

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