Are you able to find an API to rename a file or directory? Have you checked for it?

So how we could rename a file in Windows? Have you ever noticed MoveFile API in Windows? It can be used for the same purpose.

Here’s the code snippet. Hope this is a new information for some beginners.

BOOL RenameFile(const char* pszCurrFullPath,const char* pszNewFullPath)
{
    ASSERT(pszCurrFullPath);
    ASSERT(pszNewFullPath);
    return MoveFile(pszCurrFullPath,pszNewFullPath);
}

int main()
{
    // Renaming (Moving) a file in current directory
    if(!RenameFile(“test.txt”,”new test.txt”))
    cout<<”Failed to Rename the specified file”<<endl;

    // Renaming a file at the specified path
    if(!RenameFile(“c:\\test.txt”,”c:\\new test.txt”))
    {
        cout<<”Failed to Rename the specified file”<<endl;
    }

    // Error it is not possible to move a directory from another volume using MoveFile
    if(!RenameFile(“c:\\test”,”d:\\new test”))
    cout<<”Failed to Rename the directory”<<endl;

    return 0;
}