os.rename
Renames a file
Prototype
ok, message = os.rename (oldname, newname)Description
Renames a file. On success, returns true.
If it cannot, it returns nil followed by an error message.
If it cannot, it returns nil followed by an error message.
os.rename("test.txt", "test2.txt") --> true
os.rename("test.txt", "test2.txt") --> nil, test.txt: File exists
Lua functions
- os.clock - Amount of elapsed/CPU time used (depending on OS)
- os.date - Formats a date/time string
- os.difftime - Calculates a time difference in seconds
- os.execute - Executes an operating system command
- os.exit - Attempts to terminate the process
- os.getenv - Returns an operating system environment variable
- os.remove - Deletes a file
- os.setlocale - Sets the current locale to the supplied locale
- os.time - Returns the current time or calculates the time in seconds from a table
- os.tmpname - Returns a name for a temporary file
Topics
- Lua PCRE regular expression functions
- Lua base functions
- Lua bc (big number) functions
- Lua bit manipulation functions
- Lua coroutine functions
- Lua debug functions
- Lua io functions
- Lua math functions
- Lua os functions
- Lua package functions
- Lua script extensions
- Lua string functions
- Lua syntax
- Lua table functions
- Lua utilities
- Scripting callbacks - plugins
- Scripting