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

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