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3.2.122 rename

rename 

OLDNAME

, 

NEWNAME

This function changes the name of a file. It returns 1 for success, 0 otherwise (and puts the error code into $! ). It will not work across filesystem boundaries. If there is already a file named NEWNAME , it will be destroyed.