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// Copyright (c) 2017, the Dart project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file
// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
/// @assertion Future<File> rename(String newPath)
/// Renames this file. Returns a `Future<File>` that completes with a [File]
/// instance for the renamed file.
///
/// If [newPath] is a relative path, it is resolved against the current working
/// directory ([Directory.current]). This means that simply changing the name of
/// a file, but keeping it the original directory, requires creating a new
/// complete path with the new name at the end. Example:
/// ```dart
/// Future<File> changeFileNameOnly(File file, String newFileName) {
/// var path = file.path;
/// var lastSeparator = path.lastIndexOf(Platform.pathSeparator);
/// var newPath = path.substring(0, lastSeparator + 1) + newFileName;
/// return file.rename(newPath);
/// }
/// ```
/// On some platforms, a rename operation cannot move a file between different
/// file systems. If that is the case, instead [copy] the file to the new
/// location and then remove the original.
///
/// If [newPath] identifies an existing file or link, that entity is removed
/// first. If [newPath] identifies an existing directory, the operation fails
/// and the future completes with a [FileSystemException]
///
/// @note Shortly:
/// - [File]/[Link] `rename/renameSync` can replace other [File]/[Link] but not
/// [Directory]
/// - [Directory] `rename/renameSync` can not replace an existing
/// [File]/[Link]/[Directory] except on POSIX where it can replace an empty
/// [Directory]
///
/// @description Checks that this method returns a `Future<File>` that completes
/// with a [File] instance for the renamed file.
/// @author sgrekhov@unipro.ru
import "dart:io";
import "../../../Utils/expect.dart";
import "../file_utils.dart";
main() async {
await inSandbox(_main);
}
void _main(Directory sandbox) async {
File file = getTempFileSync(parent: sandbox);
file.writeAsStringSync("File content");
String newName = getTempFilePath(parent: sandbox);
asyncStart();
await file.rename(newName).then((renamed) {
Expect.equals(newName, renamed.path);
Expect.isTrue(renamed.existsSync());
Expect.isFalse(file.existsSync());
Expect.equals("File content", renamed.readAsStringSync());
asyncEnd();
});
}