RenameFile [file1,file2]
renames file1 to file2.
RenameFile
RenameFile [file1,file2]
renames file1 to file2.
Details and Options
- file1 must already exist; file2 must not.
- RenameFile sets the modification date for file2 to be the same as for file1.
- RenameFile returns the full new file name, or $Failed if the file cannot be renamed.
- RenameFile works on cloud objects, changing their cloud file names but not their UUIDs.
- RenameFile works on local objects.
- Files can be specified either using "path" or File ["path"].
- RenameFile has the following option:
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Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (1)
Copy a file:
Rename the file:
Import the renamed file:
Delete the file:
Scope (3)
Rename a file specified by the File object:
RenameFile works on cloud objects:
Convert an anonymous object to a named one:
RenameFile works on local objects:
See Also
CopyFile DeleteFile RenameDirectory File LocalObject CloudObject
Function Repository: FileNameEdit
Tech Notes
Related Guides
Related Workflows
- Name a Notebook in the Cloud
History
Introduced in 1991 (2.0) | Updated in 2014 (10.0) ▪ 2016 (11.0) ▪ 2020 (12.1)
Text
Wolfram Research (1991), RenameFile, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RenameFile.html (updated 2020).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1991. "RenameFile." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2020. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RenameFile.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1991). RenameFile. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RenameFile.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_renamefile, author="Wolfram Research", title="{RenameFile}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RenameFile.html}", note=[Accessed: 16-November-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_renamefile, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={RenameFile}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RenameFile.html}, note=[Accessed: 16-November-2025]}