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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/rename.2 b/lib/libc/sys/rename.2 deleted file mode 100644 index d9e1b83..0000000 --- a/lib/libc/sys/rename.2 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,199 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 -.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. -.\" -.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions -.\" are met: -.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. -.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the -.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. -.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software -.\" must display the following acknowledgement: -.\" This product includes software developed by the University of -.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. -.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors -.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software -.\" without specific prior written permission. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND -.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE -.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE -.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE -.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL -.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS -.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) -.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT -.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY -.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF -.\" SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" -.\" @(#)rename.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 -.\" $Id$ -.\" -.Dd June 4, 1993 -.Dt RENAME 2 -.Os BSD 4.2 -.Sh NAME -.Nm rename -.Nd change the name of a file -.Sh SYNOPSIS -.Fd #include <stdio.h> -.Ft int -.Fn rename "const char *from" "const char *to" -.Sh DESCRIPTION -.Fn Rename -causes the link named -.Fa from -to be renamed as -.Fa to . -If -.Fa to -exists, it is first removed. -Both -.Fa from -and -.Fa to -must be of the same type (that is, both directories or both -non-directories), and must reside on the same file system. -.Pp -.Fn Rename -guarantees that an instance of -.Fa to -will always exist, even if the system should crash in -the middle of the operation. -.Pp -If the final component of -.Fa from -is a symbolic link, -the symbolic link is renamed, -not the file or directory to which it points. -.Sh CAVEAT -The system can deadlock if a loop in the file system graph is present. -This loop takes the form of an entry in directory -.Ql Pa a , -say -.Ql Pa a/foo , -being a hard link to directory -.Ql Pa b , -and an entry in -directory -.Ql Pa b , -say -.Ql Pa b/bar , -being a hard link -to directory -.Ql Pa a . -When such a loop exists and two separate processes attempt to -perform -.Ql rename a/foo b/bar -and -.Ql rename b/bar a/foo , -respectively, -the system may deadlock attempting to lock -both directories for modification. -Hard links to directories should be -replaced by symbolic links by the system administrator. -.Sh RETURN VALUES -A 0 value is returned if the operation succeeds, otherwise -.Fn rename -returns -1 and the global variable -.Va errno -indicates the reason for the failure. -.Sh ERRORS -.Fn Rename -will fail and neither of the argument files will be -affected if: -.Bl -tag -width ENAMETOOLONG -.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG -A component of either pathname exceeded 255 characters, -or the entire length of either path name exceeded 1023 characters. -.It Bq Er ENOENT -A component of the -.Fa from -path does not exist, -or a path prefix of -.Fa to -does not exist. -.It Bq Er EACCES -A component of either path prefix denies search permission. -.It Bq Er EACCES -The requested link requires writing in a directory with a mode -that denies write permission. -.It Bq Er EPERM -The directory containing -.Fa from -is marked sticky, -and neither the containing directory nor -.Fa from -are owned by the effective user ID. -.It Bq Er EPERM -The -.Fa to -file exists, -the directory containing -.Fa to -is marked sticky, -and neither the containing directory nor -.Fa to -are owned by the effective user ID. -.It Bq Er ELOOP -Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating either pathname. -.It Bq Er ENOTDIR -A component of either path prefix is not a directory. -.It Bq Er ENOTDIR -.Fa from -is a directory, but -.Fa to -is not a directory. -.It Bq Er EISDIR -.Fa to -is a directory, but -.Fa from -is not a directory. -.It Bq Er EXDEV -The link named by -.Fa to -and the file named by -.Fa from -are on different logical devices (file systems). Note that this error -code will not be returned if the implementation permits cross-device -links. -.It Bq Er ENOSPC -The directory in which the entry for the new name is being placed -cannot be extended because there is no space left on the file -system containing the directory. -.It Bq Er EDQUOT -The directory in which the entry for the new name -is being placed cannot be extended because the -user's quota of disk blocks on the file system -containing the directory has been exhausted. -.It Bq Er EIO -An I/O error occurred while making or updating a directory entry. -.It Bq Er EROFS -The requested link requires writing in a directory on a read-only file -system. -.It Bq Er EFAULT -.Em Path -points outside the process's allocated address space. -.It Bq Er EINVAL -.Fa From -is a parent directory of -.Fa to , -or an attempt is made to rename -.Ql \&. -or -.Ql \&.. . -.It Bq Er ENOTEMPTY -.Fa To -is a directory and is not empty. -.El -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr open 2 , -.Xr symlink 7 -.Sh STANDARDS -The -.Fn rename -function call is expected to conform to -.St -p1003.1-90 . |