std::rename(3)

NAME
std::rename - std::rename

Synopsis
   Defined in header <cstdio>
   int rename( const char* old_filename, const char* new_filename );
   Changes the filename of a file. The file is identified by character string pointed
   to by old_filename. The new filename is identified by character string pointed to by
   new_filename.
   If new_filename exists, the behavior is implementation-defined.

Parameters
   old_filename - pointer to a null-terminated string containing the path identifying
                  the file to rename
   new_filename - pointer to a null-terminated string containing the new path of the
                  file

Return value
   0 upon success or non-zero value on error.

Notes
   POSIX specifies many additional details on the semantics of this function, which are
   reproduced in C++ by std::filesystem::rename.

Example
// Run this code
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
 int main()
 {
     if (!std::ofstream("from.txt").put('a')) // create and write to file
     {
         std::perror("Error creating from.txt");
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
     if (std::rename("from.txt", "to.txt"))
     {
         std::perror("Error renaming");
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
     std::cout << std::ifstream("to.txt").rdbuf() << '\n'; // print file
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }

Output:
 a

See also
   rename moves or renames a file or directory
   (C++17) (function)
   remove erases a file
           (function)
   C documentation for
   rename