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Thread: How to rename a file in your computer in Java?

  1. May 19th, 2008, 06:52 AM #1
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    Default How to rename a file in your computer in Java? 

    import java.io.File;
 
public class RenameFile {
 
 public static void main(String[] args) {
 
  File file = new File("C:\\MyFile.txt");
  File newFile = new File("C:\\MyFileRenamed.txt");
  file.renameTo(newFile);
 }
}

    This code will take the file 'MyFile.txt' and rename it 'MyFileRenamed.txt'

    This can be used to rename any file on your computer.
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    Default Re: How to Rename a file with Java

    bad practice, you should check the return value of the renameTo() method.

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