Rename File(s) Action

Description

Renames the file specified in source to the name specified in destination. Use fully qualified pathnames for most reliable operation.

Rename File(s) Action Properties Dialog
Rename File(s) dialog

Parameters

Source
The path of the file(s) you wish to rename. This can be an absolute path to one file, or a wildcard to a set of files.

Destination
The full path of the filename you wish to rename to. When renaming a wildcard path, set the Destination to the directory to rename to, followed by a backslash. For example, to rename a single zip file, set Source to “c:\source\myfile.zip”, and Destination to “c:\destination\myfile.zip”. To rename all zip files in the directory, set Source to “c:\source\*.zip”, and Destination to “C:\MyZipFiles\”

Related Topics:

Copy File(s) Action

Move File(s) Action

Delete File(s) Action

Create a Folder Action

Remove a Folder Action

Change Current Folder Action

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