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RENAME Used to RENAME a file. (May be abbreviated
as REN.)
Format: RENAME [D:Path] OldName NewName
Example: RENAME LTRTEN.TXT LTR10TXT.ARK
Changes the name of the file named LTRTEN.TXT that
resides in the CURRENT directory to LTR10TXT.ARK.
Example: RENAME \WP\*.TXT *.ARK
Changes the names (extenstions ONLY )of ALL files in
the \WP directory on the CURRENT drive that have an
extension of .TXT to filenames with extensions of
.ARK. (The original filenames (1st eigth characters)
are retained (do NOT change), but the extensions on
each of these files are changed to .ARK).
[*] Unlike the COPY command, which creates duplicates
of the files, RENAME merely CHANGES the name of a
file.
[*] Since a RENAMEd file does not change location on
the disk, the RENAME command does not require, or
allow, the NewFile name to be preceded by a path.
[*] Since the COPY command allows you to make a backup
copy of file(s) with new name(s) WITHOUT destroying
the original file(s), it is recommended that COPY be
used to create BACKUPs of files instead of using the
RENAME command, which merely changes the name.