\membersection{::wxRenameFile}\label{wxrenamefile}
-\func{bool}{wxRenameFile}{\param{const wxString\& }{file1}, \param{const wxString\& }{file2}}
+\func{bool}{wxRenameFile}{\param{const wxString\& }{file1}, \param{const wxString\& }{file2}, \param{bool overwrite = true}}
Renames \arg{file1} to \arg{file2}, returning true if successful.
+If \arg{overwrite} parameter is true (default), the destination file is
+overwritten if it exists, but if \arg{overwrite} is false, the functions fails
+in this case.
+
\membersection{::wxRmdir}\label{wxrmdir}
WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxRemoveFile(const wxString& file);
// Rename file
-WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxRenameFile(const wxString& file1, const wxString& file2);
+WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxRenameFile(const wxString& file1, const wxString& file2, bool overwrite = true);
// Get current working directory.
#if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6
}
bool
-wxRenameFile (const wxString& file1, const wxString& file2)
+wxRenameFile(const wxString& file1, const wxString& file2, bool overwrite)
{
+ if ( !overwrite && wxFileExists(file2) )
+ {
+ wxLogSysError
+ (
+ _("Failed to rename the file '%s' to '%s' because the destination file already exists."),
+ file1.c_str(), file2.c_str()
+ );
+
+ return false;
+ }
+
#if !defined(__WXWINCE__) && !defined(__WXPALMOS__)
// Normal system call
if ( wxRename (file1, file2) == 0 )
#endif
// Try to copy
- if (wxCopyFile(file1, file2)) {
+ if (wxCopyFile(file1, file2, overwrite)) {
wxRemoveFile(file1);
return true;
}