Re: Not working?

You can't use variables inside single quotes, either. This: '/path/to/old.$today' ought to be: "/path/to/old.$today" -- Matt Grimm "Jas" <jason.gerfen@scl.utah.edu> wrote in message news:20040108174715.71847.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > I think I must be missing something but this command isn't renaming the > file specified... Pointers, tips appreciated! > > system("rename('/path/to/new.sh', '/path/to/old.$today')"); > > /to directory has permissions set to current user and is also owned by > the current user (test_user)... I can write files into the directory and > delete files form the directory using the 'unlink()' command but the > rename function I am having problems with. > Jas