Using the resolveSibling()
method with the move method to affect a rename operation:
import java.nio.file.Files; import java.nio.file.Path; import java.nio.file.Paths; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Path sourceFile = Paths.get("C:/home/docs/users.txt"); Files.move(sourceFile, sourceFile.resolveSibling(sourceFile.getFileName() + ".bak")); }/*from w w w. j a v a 2s .c o m*/ }