Java File Rename renameFile(String oldFile, String newName)

Description

Function renames a file to a new name.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static void renameFile(String oldFile, String newName) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  w  w w . j  a v a 2s  .c  o m*/
 * Copyright 2014 Elhuyar Fundazioa
    
This file is part of EliXa.
    
EliXa is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
    
EliXa is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
    
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with EliXa.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Function renames a file to a new name. if the new name already exists throws an exception.
     *  
     */
    public static void renameFile(String oldFile, String newName) throws IOException {
        File file1 = new File(oldFile);
        File file2 = new File(newName);
        if (file2.exists()) {
            throw new java.io.IOException("FileUtilsElh::renameFile : file exists");
        } else if (!file1.renameTo(file2)) {
            System.err.println("FileUtilsElh::renameFile : moving file failed\n\t" + file1.getAbsolutePath() + "\t"
                    + file2.getAbsolutePath());
        }
        // Rename file (or directory)
        //file1.renameTo(file2);       
    }
}

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