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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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