site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com Hi Patrick, As a general rule, count only on the behavior described here: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/rename.html Michael _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... Thanks for the pointer. I actually have read that and found it not very helpful: "If the old argument points to the pathname of a directory, write access permission may be required for the directory named by old" This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com