Java File Rename renameFile(String oldname, String newname)

Description

rename File

License

LGPL

Declaration

public static boolean renameFile(String oldname, String newname) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*// ww  w.  ja v a2  s.co  m
 * Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Gaudenz Alder
 * 
 * 6/01/2006: I, Raphpael Valyi, changed back the header of this file to LGPL
 * because nobody changed the file significantly since the last
 * 3.0 version of GPGraphpad that was LGPL. By significantly, I mean: 
 *  - less than 3 instructions changes could honnestly have been done from an old fork,
 *  - license or copyright changes in the header don't count
 *  - automaticaly updating imports don't count,
 *  - updating systematically 2 instructions to a library specification update don't count.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
    
 * This library 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
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
    
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 *
 */

import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    public static boolean renameFile(String oldname, String newname) {
        try {

            // File (or directory) with old name
            File file = new File(oldname);

            // File (or directory) with new name
            File file2 = new File(newname);

            if (file2.exists()) {
                return false;
            }

            // Rename file (or directory)
            return file.renameTo(file2);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        }

    }
}

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