Function
GLibrename
since: 2.6
Declaration [src]
int
g_rename (
const gchar* oldfilename,
const gchar* newfilename
)
Description [src]
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 platform-native string, using the preferred OS encoding on Unix and UTF-8 on Windows. 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 platform-native string, using the preferred OS encoding on Unix and UTF-8 on Windows.