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HP Business BASIC/XL Reference Manual

RENAME 

The RENAME statement changes the name of a file.

Syntax 

RENAME fname1 TO fname2 [, lock_word]

Parameters 

fname1           Old fname of file.

fname2           New fname of file.

lock_word        String expression that evaluates to the lockword for
                 fname1.  It is required if fname1 has a lockword.  The
                 lockword is not added to fname2.

Examples 

     10 CREATE "File1/secret", FILESIZE=1320    !File1 has a lockword "secret"
     20 CREATE "File2", FILESIZE=2950           !File2 has no lockword
     30 RENAME "File1" TO "First", "secret"     !Lockword must be specified
     40 RENAME "First" TO "Number1",            !No lockword required
     50 RENAME "File2" TO "Number2"             !No lockword required
     99 END

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