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Using Technician Interface Software

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Renaming a File or Directory

Use the

rename

command to change a file name or directory name.

If you specify a path to the file or directory, the file is moved to the new directory.

The new file or directory must reside on the same diskette as the original. You can

use the wildcard characters

and

to rename files and directories with the

character strings you specify. Enter the following to rename a file or directory:

rename

<old_name> <new_name>

Examples:

Note:

You cannot rename a file whose attributes are

(for hidden) or

(for

system). See “Changing File Attributes

” on page 5-20 for instructions on

changing these protections.

rename new.cfg old.cfg

Changes the file named

new.cfg

in the present

working directory to

old.cfg

rename *.cfg *.arc

Changes all file names with a

.cfg

extension to

have a

.arc

extension in the present working