rename.c File Reference

GIS Library - Rename file functions. More...

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <grass/gis.h>

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Functions
int	G_rename_file (const char *oldname, const char *newname)
	Rename a file or a directory in the filesystem.
int	G_rename (const char *element, const char *oldname, const char *newname)
	Rename a database file.

Detailed Description

GIS Library - Rename file functions.

SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2001-2015 GRASS Development Team SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later

Author

Original author CERL

Definition in file rename.c.

Function Documentation

G_rename()

int G_rename	(	const char *	element,
		const char *	oldname,
		const char *	newname
	)

Rename a database file.

The file or directory oldname under the database element directory in the current mapset is renamed to newname.

Bug:

This routine does not check to see if the newname name is a valid database file name.

Parameters

element	element name
oldname	current name
newname	new name

Returns

0 if oldname does not exist

1 if successful

-1 on error

Definition at line 67 of file rename.c.

References access, G_file_name(), G_mapset(), G_name_is_fully_qualified(), G_rename_file(), GMAPSET_MAX, GNAME_MAX, and GPATH_MAX.

Referenced by M_do_rename(), and Vect_rename().

G_rename_file()

int G_rename_file	(	const char *	oldname,
		const char *	newname
	)

Rename a file or a directory in the filesystem.

The file or directory oldname is renamed to newname.

Parameters

oldname	current name
newname	new name

Returns

0 if successful

-1 on error

Definition at line 29 of file rename.c.

References G_copy_file().

Referenced by G_rename(), I_signatures_rename(), PS_Graph_close(), and PS_Graph_set().