Subj : js.global.file_rename
To   : Mortifis
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Aug 19 2019 01:39 pm

  Re: js.global.file_rename
  By: Mortifis to All on Mon Aug 19 2019 12:53 pm

 > What is the proper usage of file_rename?  I have a script to move and rename
 > files but it doesn't seem to work :-/
 >
 > load("sbbsdefs.js");
 >
 > if (argc==0)
 >      path = prompt("Copy/Rename from");
 > else
 >      path = argv[0];
 >
 > if (path==undefined) exit();
 >
 > if (path.indexOf('*')<0 && path.indexOf('?')<0)
 >      path += "*"; // No pattern specified
 >
 > path1 = prompt("Copy/Rename to");
 >
 > if (path1==undefined) exit();
 >
 > dir = directory(path,GLOB_PERIOD);
 >
 > for (i in dir)  {
 >      if(this.bbs && bbs.sys_status&SS_ABORT) break;
 >      print('Renaming '+ dir[i] + ' to ' + dir[i].toLowerCase());
 >      js.global.file_copy(dir[i], path1 + backslash()+
 > dir[i].toLowerCase() + '.bak');
 >      mswait(1);
 > }
 >
 > I also tried with file_rename(...)
 >
 > No errors are reported either way.

You have to check the return value of file_rename() to know whether it succeeded or not. If it fails (returns false), then the global errno/errno_str properties could indicate why it failed.

 > Any ideas?

The proper usage of file_rename is file_rename(path/oldname, path/newname) (like it says at http://synchro.net/docs/jsobjs.html), so without knowing the values of the arguments you're passing and the state of your file system(s), I can't guess. I suggest printing some debug output to find out what's going on.

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