Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2002 18:59:46 +0300
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Subject: Re: 9$$DJREN.$$T Rename bug?
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> From: "Peter Cassidy" <peter DOT cassidy DOT ps AT rocksoft DOT com>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 23:46:39 +0930
> > >
> It seems to happen when the input file name has no file extension.  When I
> added ".tmp" to the end of the input file names, the problem went away.

Could you please paste the source of the _rename function into your
program, and then step through its code with a debugger and tell what
part of it fails and why?

> Also, looking at the rename code, it seems to me that it does the rename to
> the temporary file name before it checks to see if the destination file name
> is a valid name.

That's true, but it shouldn't be a problem, since _rename is supposed
to rename the temporary file back into the original name if the
renaming itself fails.