how do you rename a file in java?

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Renaming a file using Java

renameFile: This method should take as input a String from and a String to. It should return a boolean. The method should find the index in drive of a file with name from. If no such index exists, the method should return false. It should also check that the file to does not exist. If the file to does exist, then the method should return false. If the file from exists and to does not, then the method should change the name of the file from from to be to. In this case, the method should return true

can someone show me how to do this?

`renameFile("old_name.txt", "new_name.txt");`, by the way welcome to Stack Overflow! — ComFreek, Oct 30 '11 at 18:16
You seem to know exactly what you want the function to do, why don't you make it yourself? — Griffin, Oct 30 '11 at 18:16
It sounds like this exercise is designed to find out whether you are able to look up things in the Java documentation. — Greg Hewgill, Oct 30 '11 at 18:18

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 30 '11 at 18:32

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Starting here you should be able to figure it out.

edited Oct 30 '11 at 18:32

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because I'm writing this in java – slidepuppy1 Oct 30 '11 at 18:33
The link goes to Java 7, but the File class was specified since Java 1.0. Maybe this http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/io/File.html#renameTo%28java.io.File%29 makes it easier for you. – Sibbo Oct 30 '11 at 18:34

how do you rename a file in java?

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