renameitem("newname", , 8) problem

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Norn
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renameitem("newname", , 8) problem

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Renames a file or folder.
8: Silent overwrite on name collision.

Is this a bug?

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 new("TestFolder", "dir"); 
 new("TestFolder2", "dir");
 selectitems "TestFolder2"; wait '1000';
 renameitem("TestFolder", , 8);
Renaming to non-existing name works:

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 new("TestFolder", "dir"); 
 new("TestFolder2", "dir");
 selectitems "TestFolder2"; wait '1000';
 renameitem("TestFolder3", , 8);
Last edited by Norn on 03 Aug 2022 18:06, edited 1 time in total.
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Norn
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Re: renameitem("newname", , 8) is invalid

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This is probably not the thing to do with renaming, I'll go moveto()

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moveto $newFolder, "$folder\*",,2,,2;
Last edited by Norn on 28 Aug 2022 01:54, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: renameitem("newname", , 8) problem

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Next beta renameitem("newname", , 8) will work for folders if the target folder is empty.

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