Java File Rename renameFile(String origPath, String destPath)

Description

Rename a file.

License

Open Source License

Return

true if successfully renamed

Declaration

public static boolean renameFile(String origPath, String destPath) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2012 Firestar Software, Inc.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:/*from   w  ww.ja v  a  2 s .  c  om*/
 *     Firestar Software, Inc. - initial API and implementation
 *
 * Author:
 *     Gabriel Oancea
 *
 *******************************************************************************/

import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Rename a file. Just like File.renameTo(), but logs failure.
     * 
     * @return <code>true</code> if successfully renamed
     */
    public static boolean renameFile(String origPath, String destPath) {
        File orig = new File(origPath);
        File dest = new File(destPath);
        if (!orig.exists() || dest.exists())
            return false;
        return orig.renameTo(dest);
    }
}

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