Rename

Deprecated

This task has been deprecated. Use the Move task instead.

Description

Renames a given file.

Parameters

Attribute Description Required
src file to rename. Yes
dest new name of the file. Yes
replace Enable replacing of existing file (default: on). No

Examples

  <rename src="foo.jar" dest="ant-${version}.jar"/>

Renames the file foo.jar to ant-${version}.jar (assuming name and version being predefined properties). If a file named ant-${version}.jar already exists, it will be removed prior to renaming foo.jar.