Generated from C.60.01 /SYS/PUB/CICAT last modified on Thu Jan 11 09:18:52 2001
Changes the file name, lockword, and/or group name of a disk file.
RENAME oldfilereference,newfilereference[,TEMP]
oldfilereference Current name of file, written in the following
format
filename[/lockword][.groupname[.acctname]]
To use HFS syntax, precede the file name with a
dot (.) or slash (/).
newfilereference New name of file, in the same format as
oldfilereference. If you omit acctname and/or
groupname, the logon account and/or group are
assumed.
To use HFS syntax, precede the file name with a
dot (.) or slash (/).
TEMP Indicates that the old file was, and the new file
will be, temporary files. If you do not specify
TEMP, RENAME assumes the files are permanent.
The RENAME command changes the system file identification
for a permanent or temporary disk file. You can use it to
change the name of a file, to change the lockword of an MPE
file, or to move any file to a different location.
MPE Files To rename an MPE file, you must be the file's
creator and have exclusive access to the file. If
you specify groupname or acctname, you must have
save access to the group or account. Users with
System Manager (SM) capability can rename any file
to any location on the system.
You can use RENAME to move native mode MPE files
to HFS directories. You cannot move Compatibility
Mode MPE files to HFS directories. For example,
you can use RENAME with KSAM/XL files, but you
cannot use it to rename MPE V/E KSAM files.
To successfully rename a file across group or
account boundaries, you must move it within
a single volume set and that volume set must
be physically mounted.
When you use RENAME to move a file that does not
have an ACD to a directory or to another account,
an ACD is automatically created for the file to
ensure that it is protected by the appropriate file
access matrix of its new location.
HFS Files To rename a file in an HFS directory, you must
have delete directory entry access (DD) to the
old directory and create directory entry access
(CD) to the new directory.
Files in HFS directories can be renamed to files
in the MPE account group structure, and they can be
renamed to files in other HFS directories.
You cannot rename a directory. If either
oldfilereference or newfilereference is
actually a directory, you will get an error.
Spool Files If you have access to spoolfiles, you can rename
them. In this case, the name of the file changes,
but the contents and links to the spooler remain
the same.
This command may be issued from a session, job, program, or
in BREAK. Pressing [Break] has no effect on this command.
Since temporary files exist only for the duration of your
current job or session, their fully qualified filenames
correspond to your logon group and account. To change the
name of a temporary file from OLDFILE to NEWFILE, and
reassign it to the group NEW, enter
RENAME OLDFILE,NEWFILE.NEWG,TEMP
To change the lockword of the permanent file FILE2 from
LOCKA to LOCKB, enter
RENAME FILE2/LOCKA,FILE2/LOCKB
To transfer a file from one group to another within the same
account, use the RENAME command, simply naming the new
group in the second parameter. To move the file MYFILE from
GROUP1 to GROUP2, for example, you would enter
RENAME MYFILE.GROUP1,MYFILE.GROUP2
To use RENAME in this way, you must have SAVE access to the
group named in the second parameter (GROUP2 in the previous
example). In addition, both groups must be in the system
domain or must both reside on the same volume set.
In the following example, the file "/dir2/doc/print.txt" under
CWD is renamed to the file "MYFILE" in the PUB group of the
SYS account.
RENAME ./dir2/doc/print.txt, MYFILE.PUB.SYS
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