Function
GLibrename
since: 2.6
Description
A wrapper for the POSIX rename()
function. The rename()
function
renames a file, moving it between directories if required.
See your C library manual for more details about how rename()
works
on your system. It is not possible in general on Windows to rename
a file that is open to some process.
Available since: 2.6
Parameters
oldfilename
-
Type:
const gchar*
A pathname in the GLib file name encoding (UTF-8 on Windows)
The data is owned by the caller of the function. The value is a file system path, using the OS encoding. newfilename
-
Type:
const gchar*
A pathname in the GLib file name encoding.
The data is owned by the caller of the function. The value is a file system path, using the OS encoding.