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VOP_RENAME – rename a file

SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION LOCKS ERRORS SEE ALSO AUTHORS

#include <sys/param.h>

#include <sys/vnode.h>

int
VOP_RENAME(struct vnode *fdvp, struct vnode *fvp, struct componentname *fcnp, struct vnode *tdvp, struct vnode *tvp, struct componentname *tcnp);

This renames a file and possibly changes its parent directory. If the destination object exists, it will be removed first.

Its arguments are:

fdvp
	The vnode of the old parent directory.
fvp
	The vnode of the file to be renamed.
fcnp
	Pathname information about the file's current name.
tdvp
	The vnode of the new parent directory.
tvp
	The vnode of the target file (if it exists).
tcnp
	Pathname information about the file's new name.

[EPERM]
	The file is immutable.
[EXDEV]
	It is not possible to rename a file between different file systems.
[EINVAL]
	An attempt was made to rename amp;. or .., or to perform an operation which would break the directory tree structure.
[ENOTDIR]
	An attempt was made to rename a directory to a file or vice versa.
[ENOTEMPTY]
	An attempt was made to remove a directory which is not empty.

This manual page was written by Doug Rabson.