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From: robin@sabre.austin.ibm.com (Robin D. Wilson/1000000)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Lattice question: is there a "link"
Summary: rename doesn't cut it.
Keywords: lattice, link, rename.
Message-ID: <2474@awdprime.UUCP>
Date: 30 May 90 18:53:17 GMT
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Organization: IBM AWD, Austin, TX
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I have need of a link() system call.  I am using lattice v. 5.05 and cannot
seem to get the rename() system call to do what I want. 

According to the lattice manual, the rename(old,new) call will rename old
to new.  Unfortunately, it will not remove new, if it exists, and it will 
not allow you to specify a path to "new".  I have tried to get around this 
by writing a move() function that allows me to move(old_path, new_path) by
just chdir(new_path - file_name), and the chdir(start_dir).  I seem to run
into a pesky I/O Error: when I do this tho'.  

If there was a link() equivalent (that doesn't care if the new_file exists
and allows full path descriptions for both the old and the new files) I would
just write my own rename() function.

Can anybody help?? 

Thanks in advance.  BTW, I haven't bought the RKM, so if it's in there, 
could you just provide a usage description, and which LIB I need to include.
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