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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Name Statement</title>
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<h1 id="hd_id3143268"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020412.xhp">Name Statement</link></h1>
<paragraph id="par_id3154346" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Renames an existing file or directory.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3156344">Syntax:</h2>
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<paragraph id="par_id3153381" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">Name OldName As String As NewName As String</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3153362">Parameters:</h2>
<paragraph id="par_id3151210" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>OldName, NewName:</emph> Any string expression that specifies the file name, including the path. You can also use <link href="text/sbasic/shared/00000002.xhp">URL notation</link>.</paragraph><comment>see #i61074</comment>
<h2 id="hd_id3125863">Example:</h2>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1341617392" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleReName</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341616160" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">On Error GoTo Error</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341614928" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">FileCopy "c:\autoexec.bat", "c:\temp\autoexec.sav"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341613664" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Name "c:\temp\autoexec.sav" As "c:\temp\autoexec.bat"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341612400" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">End</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341611200" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Error:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341609968" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">If err = 58 Then</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3152462" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> MsgBox "File already exists"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341607008" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">End If</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341605776" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">End</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341604576" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">End Sub</paragraph>
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