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- RENDIR (Rename Directory) John Dickinson
- Command PC Magazine Vol 5, No 7
- Copyright 1986 Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
- ______________________________________________________
-
- Purpose: Permits renaming subdirectories directly,
- without creating a new directory, moving the
- contents of the old one into it, and then
- removing the old directory.
-
- Format: RENDIR [d:][path]oldname[.ext] newname[.ext]
-
- Remarks: PC-DOS has always provided a REName command
- for filenames, but not for directories. A
- bug in DOS 3.0 permits you to use the
- immediate mode of BASIC to
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- NAME olddir AS newdir
-
- but this bug has been removed from subsequent
- DOS versions. RENDIR.COM permits renaming
- directories in DOS 3.0 and later.
-
- While RENDIR allows you to change the name of
- a directory on another drive than your
- current one, it does not permit you to
- transfer a directory to another drive by
- RENDIRing it. Thus, for example, if you are
- on drive C: and have a directory on drive D:
- named \TAXES, from the C> prompt you can
-
- RENDIR D:\TAXES \TAXES85
-
- You cannot, however
-
- RENDIR D:\TAXES C:\TAXES85
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- Furthermore, you should not use RENDIR to try
- to change the name of the subdirectory you
- are currently in.
-
- Notes:
-
- 1. Unlike RENAME, RENDIR does not support
- use of the ? and * wildcard characters.
-
- 2. Requires DOS 3.0 or higher.
-