It was added in J7. Here is the definition:

frename=: 4 : 0
x=. > fboxname x
y=. > fboxname y
if. x -: y do. return. end.
if. IFUNIX do.
  2!:0 'mv "',y,'" "',x,'"'
else.
  'kernel32 MoveFileW i *w *w' 15!:0 (uucp y);uucp x
end.
)


On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote:

> I think it's j7 only.
>
> --
> Raul
>
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Skip Cave <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I can't find frename. I have loaded the base library in package manager,
> > (j6.02) and the name is not recognized. Is it in a different package?
> >
> > Skip
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Eric Iverson <[email protected]
> >wrote:
> >
> >> frename might do what you want.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Do we have an os-independent mechanism for renaming files (and
> >> > directories and symbolic links and so on) in J?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Raul
> >>
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