200 lines
5.6 KiB
Groff
200 lines
5.6 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
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.\" @(#)rename.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $Id$
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.\"
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.Dd June 4, 1993
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.Dt RENAME 2
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.Os BSD 4.2
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm rename
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.Nd change the name of a file
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <stdio.h>
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.Ft int
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.Fn rename "const char *from" "const char *to"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Fn Rename
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causes the link named
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.Fa from
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to be renamed as
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.Fa to .
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If
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.Fa to
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exists, it is first removed.
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Both
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.Fa from
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and
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.Fa to
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must be of the same type (that is, both directories or both
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non-directories), and must reside on the same file system.
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.Pp
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.Fn Rename
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guarantees that an instance of
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.Fa to
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will always exist, even if the system should crash in
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the middle of the operation.
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.Pp
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If the final component of
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.Fa from
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is a symbolic link,
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the symbolic link is renamed,
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not the file or directory to which it points.
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.Sh CAVEAT
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The system can deadlock if a loop in the file system graph is present.
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This loop takes the form of an entry in directory
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.Ql Pa a ,
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say
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.Ql Pa a/foo ,
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being a hard link to directory
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.Ql Pa b ,
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and an entry in
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directory
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.Ql Pa b ,
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say
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.Ql Pa b/bar ,
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being a hard link
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to directory
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.Ql Pa a .
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When such a loop exists and two separate processes attempt to
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perform
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.Ql rename a/foo b/bar
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and
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.Ql rename b/bar a/foo ,
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respectively,
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the system may deadlock attempting to lock
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both directories for modification.
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Hard links to directories should be
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replaced by symbolic links by the system administrator.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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A 0 value is returned if the operation succeeds, otherwise
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.Fn rename
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returns -1 and the global variable
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.Va errno
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indicates the reason for the failure.
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.Sh ERRORS
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.Fn Rename
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will fail and neither of the argument files will be
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affected if:
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.Bl -tag -width ENAMETOOLONG
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.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
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A component of either pathname exceeded 255 characters,
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or the entire length of either path name exceeded 1023 characters.
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.It Bq Er ENOENT
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A component of the
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.Fa from
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path does not exist,
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or a path prefix of
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.Fa to
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does not exist.
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.It Bq Er EACCES
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A component of either path prefix denies search permission.
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.It Bq Er EACCES
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The requested link requires writing in a directory with a mode
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that denies write permission.
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.It Bq Er EPERM
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The directory containing
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.Fa from
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is marked sticky,
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and neither the containing directory nor
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.Fa from
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are owned by the effective user ID.
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.It Bq Er EPERM
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The
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.Fa to
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file exists,
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the directory containing
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.Fa to
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is marked sticky,
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and neither the containing directory nor
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.Fa to
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are owned by the effective user ID.
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.It Bq Er ELOOP
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Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating either pathname.
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.It Bq Er ENOTDIR
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A component of either path prefix is not a directory.
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.It Bq Er ENOTDIR
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.Fa from
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is a directory, but
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.Fa to
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is not a directory.
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.It Bq Er EISDIR
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.Fa to
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is a directory, but
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.Fa from
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is not a directory.
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.It Bq Er EXDEV
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The link named by
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.Fa to
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and the file named by
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.Fa from
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are on different logical devices (file systems). Note that this error
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code will not be returned if the implementation permits cross-device
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links.
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.It Bq Er ENOSPC
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The directory in which the entry for the new name is being placed
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cannot be extended because there is no space left on the file
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system containing the directory.
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.It Bq Er EDQUOT
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The directory in which the entry for the new name
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is being placed cannot be extended because the
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user's quota of disk blocks on the file system
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containing the directory has been exhausted.
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.It Bq Er EIO
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An I/O error occurred while making or updating a directory entry.
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.It Bq Er EROFS
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The requested link requires writing in a directory on a read-only file
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system.
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.It Bq Er EFAULT
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.Em Path
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points outside the process's allocated address space.
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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.Fa From
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is a parent directory of
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.Fa to ,
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or an attempt is made to rename
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.Ql \&.
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or
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.Ql \&.. .
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.It Bq Er ENOTEMPTY
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.Fa To
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is a directory and is not empty.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr open 2 ,
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.Xr symlink 7
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn rename
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function call is expected to conform to
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.St -p1003.1-90 .
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