Here you can find the source of rename(File from, File to)
public static void rename(File from, File to) throws IOException
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w ww. j ava2s. co m*/ * ao-lang - Minimal Java library with no external dependencies shared by many other projects. * Copyright (C) 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 AO Industries, Inc. * support@aoindustries.com * 7262 Bull Pen Cir * Mobile, AL 36695 * * This file is part of ao-lang. * * ao-lang 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 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * ao-lang 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 ao-lang. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; public class Main { /** * Atomically renames one file to another, throwing IOException when unsuccessful. */ public static void rename(File from, File to) throws IOException { if (!from.renameTo(to)) throw new IOException("Unable to atomically rename \"" + from + "\" to \"" + to + '"'); } }