5 POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/rename.html}
9 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
12 This function does not allow trailing slashes when creating a
13 destination directory, as in @code{rename("dir","new/")}:
16 This function does not reject trailing slashes on non-directories on
17 some platforms, as in @code{rename("file","new/")}:
18 Solaris 10, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw.
20 This function ignores trailing slashes on symlinks on some platforms,
21 such that @code{rename("link/","new")} corrupts @file{link}:
24 This function incorrectly reduces the link count when comparing two
25 spellings of a hard link on some platforms:
26 NetBSD 1.6, Cygwin 1.5.x.
28 This function will not always replace an existing destination on some
32 This function mistakenly allows names ending in @samp{.} or @samp{..}
36 This function does not reject attempts to rename existing directories
37 and non-directories onto one another on some platforms:
40 This function does not allow trailing slashes on source directories on
41 older platforms, as in @samp{rename("dir/","new")}:
45 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
48 POSIX requires that @code{rename("symlink-to-dir/","dir2")} rename
49 @file{dir} and leave @file{symlink-to-dir} dangling; likewise, it
50 requires that @code{rename("dir","dangling/")} rename @file{dir} so
51 that @file{dangling} is no longer a dangling symlink. This behavior
52 is counter-intuitive, so on some systems, @code{rename} fails with
53 @code{ENOTDIR} if either argument is a symlink with a trailing slash:
54 glibc, OpenBSD, Cygwin 1.7.
56 This function will not rename a source that is currently opened