rename() and remove()

WhatIf (22)
Hi,

I'm trying to rename an existing file then delete it. However I doesn't work, I get the following output:

Error deleting new file : No such file or directory



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if(rename("old.txt", "new.txt"))     
{
       if(remove("new.txt") != 0)
       {
               perror("Error deleting new file ");
       }
}
else
{
       //renaming failed
       perror("Error renaming old to new ");
}


It's confusing because if the file wasn't renamed, 
Error renaming old to new
should print out. But rename was successful, then how come no file with the name exist?
Last edited on
cire (8284)
rename returns 0 on success. if line 3 is reached, rename was not successful.
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