.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: MoveFile

.. _movefile:

MoveFile
========

.. us.tag  MoveFile NOTREADYENGLISH FILE_MISC

The :ref:`MoveFile` function renames an existing file or a directory (including
all its children).

.. function::  bool = MoveFile(ssExistingFileName, ssNewFileName)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*bool* is TRUE (1) if the file could be renamed, otherwise FALSE (0).

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: ssExistingFileName

   *ssExistingFileName*

.. uparam:: ssNewFileName

   *ssNewFileName*

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-files`,
   :ref:`DeleteFile`,
   :ref:`CopyFile`

:sub:`id-340905`