Quick Question: ReName Command For MS-DOS?

[Evan]

Could someone give me the
command to rename a directory
in ms-dos... thanks!
I forgot it!

Thanks!

In MS-DOS, type Rename /? and you will find out what you want there.

[MattJH]

It's the move command

Move c:\renameme c:\ihavebeenrenamed

[Buzby]

Just use the Rename command!!

eg, for a directory called VB use

RENAME VB NEWNAME

and to name it back again;

RENAME NEWNAME VB


Move command? I don't think so!

[MattJH]

For those of use that don't read questions properly, lets have a little lesson.

Question:

Could someone give me the command to rename a directory
in ms-dos.

Operative phrase "rename a directory in MS_DOS"

Not rename it using VB, not using Windows Explorer but in MS-DOS.

Thanks Buzby for making my arse laugh

[N*G*Evangelion]

The RENAME or REN command in DOS could only rename files and not directories in the good ol' days of MS-DOS 6x, so the MOVE command was used instead.

Now it seems you can use REN to rename directories (folders) with later versions of MS-DOS (well it defintely works with the version of DOS that comes with NT4 - I've just tried it).

[alex_read]

Ok, Ignore ALL of the top answers there!!! (apart from N*G*Evangelion's)

Type :
REN C:\OldName NewName

Can we put these non vb ones in the chit-chat forum next time please?