Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!netserv2!deven From: deven@rpi.edu (Deven T. Corzine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Lattice question: is there a "link" Message-ID: Date: 3 Jun 90 01:29:09 GMT References: <2474@awdprime.UUCP> <136448@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Lines: 28 In-Reply-To: cmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM's message of 31 May 90 20:00:32 GMT In article <2474@awdprime.UUCP> robin@sabre.austin.ibm.com (Robin D. Wilson/1000000) writes: Robin> According to the lattice manual, the rename(old,new) call will Robin> rename old to new. Unfortunately, it will not remove new, if Robin> it exists, and it will not allow you to specify a path to Robin> "new". On 31 May 90 20:00:32 GMT, cmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) said: Chuck> You are doing the rename on the same Volume yes? If you rename Chuck> from Foo:A to Foo:B then A should be removed. If you rename Chuck> from Foo:A to Bar:B then what you get is a copy of A to B, and Chuck> A is not deleted. No, it seems you missed the point -- If you rename Foo:A to Foo:B and Foo:B already exists, it will not be removed. That was the complaint. I believe the other bit about the path probably means you can't give the name of a directory as a destination... Deven -- Deven T. Corzine Internet: deven@rpi.edu, shadow@pawl.rpi.edu Snail: 2214 12th St. Apt. 2, Troy, NY 12180 Phone: (518) 271-0750 Bitnet: deven@rpitsmts, userfxb6@rpitsmts UUCP: uunet!rpi!deven Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.