os.rename

Rename file system files or directories.

os.rename("path", "newpath")

Parameters

path is the file system path to be renamed. newpath is the renamed file system path.

Return Value

True if successful, otherwise nil and an error message.

Availability

Premake 5.0 or later.

See Also

• os.rmdir
• os.matchfiles

Examples

local ok, err = os.rename{"file.bak", "file.log"}
if not ok then
	error(err)
end