Move a file from one location to another

[Nielyboyken]

Hello

I'm trying to move a file from one location to another in Linux.. I can rename files, but not move them.

This is my code:

rename("/home/myNAME/Bureaublad/folder1/folder2/test.txt", "/home/myName/desktop/test.txt");

Why ain't this working?

Thanks for reading,
Niely

[MiiNiPaa]

but not move them.

What is happening? What does function returns? What is errno is set to?

[Nielyboyken]

Okay, the file part works now.
But the folder (what I actually needs not).

This is what I get if I return the int value of the function + the error value:

-1
Error: Directory not empty

How can I move it with a filled directory?

[MiiNiPaa]

You can rename a nonempty directory. However, destination should be empty (or not exist).

ENOTEMPTY or EEXIST
newpath is a nonempty directory, that is, contains entries
other than "." and "..".

http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/rename.2.html

[Nielyboyken]

^Thanks! Just added a random folder after desktop and it works without problems now!
THANKS A LOT!