Command: FileRename

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Command: FileRename

Renames files.

Input Parameters

FSSourceName	Specifies the source file or source folder for DIAdem file and folder commands. String variable Note  If you do not specify a path, DIAdem searches for the file or the folder in the NAVIGATOR user and library path. Note  In many commands, you can use the wildcard * for any number of characters, and the wildcard ? for one character.
FSTargetName	Specifies target folders or target files for DIAdem file and folder commands. String variable Note  If you use the FSTargetName variable in the DataFileCopy command, you only can assign one path to the variable. If you use the FSTargetName variable in the DataFileRename command, you only can assign one filename without an extension to the variable. Note  In many commands, you can use the wildcard * for any number of characters, and the wildcard ? for one character.
[FSProgressBar]	Specifies whether the progress bar, which the operating system displays during long operations, is visible. If you assign the value TRUE to the FSProgressBar variable, DIAdem does not display the progress bar. The default value for the FSProgressBar variable is FALSE. Boolean variable

Note  You cannot rename and move files at the same time.

Note  DIAdem renames read-only files on your computer without a confirmation prompt. DIAdem does not rename read-only files in a network.

Note  To rename .tdm, .tdms and .dat type DIAdem files and the associated binary files, which contain the mass data, use the DataFileRename command.

Example

The following example renames the file Example.vbs to Example.old.

Call FileRename("C:\Example.vbs","C:\Example.old")

dd.FileRename("C:\\Example.vbs","C:\\Example.old") 

Related Topics

Command: DataFileDelete | Command: DataFileLstGet | Command: DataFileMove | Command: DataFileRename | Command: DirLstWrite | Command: FileAttrClear | Command: FileAttrSet | Command: FileClose | Command: FileCloseAll | Command: FileCopy | Command: FileDateSet | Command: FileDelete | Command: FileMove | Command: FileOpen | Function: DataFileSize