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C/C++ Source or Header  |  1994-09-08  |  281b  |  20 lines
  1. /*
  2.  * fake ANSI C rename() function
  3.  */
  4.  
  5. int
  6. rename(old, new)
  7. char *old;
  8. char *new;
  9. {
  10.     (void) unlink(new);
  11.     if (link(old, new) < 0)
  12.         return(1);
  13.     if (unlink(old) < 0) {
  14.         /* oops... could link but not unlink... try to recover */
  15.         (void) unlink(new);
  16.         return(1);
  17.     }
  18.     return(0);
  19. }
  20.