Re: Renaming a Directory

On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 05:39:43PM -0400, Floyd Resler wrote: > How can I rename a directory with files in it? The rename function > gives me a "directory not empty" error. I know I could do it be > creating the directory, moving the files, and then deleting the old > one. Is there an easier way? It sounds like, underneath, rename() is creating a new directory and then attempting to delete the old one, ignoring the files in the original directory. In which case, you'll have to do it the long way-- create a new directory, move the files, then delete the old directory. Oddly enough, I can't find a *nix command which will actually rename a directory. The man pages for mv, rename and such all refer only to files, not directories. Paul -- Paul M. Foster