Method: Dropbox::API#rename

Defined in:
lib/dropbox/api.rb

#rename(path, new_name, options = {}) ⇒ Object

Renames a file. Takes the same options and raises the same exceptions as the move method.

Calling

session.rename 'path/to/file', 'new_name'

is equivalent to calling

session.move 'path/to/file', 'path/to/new_name'

Raises:

  • (ArgumentError) 


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# File 'lib/dropbox/api.rb', line 343

def rename(path, new_name, options={})
  raise ArgumentError, "Names cannot have slashes in them" if new_name.include?('/')
  path = path.sub(/\/$/, '')
  destination = path.split('/')
  destination[destination.size - 1] = new_name
  destination = destination.join('/')
  move path, destination, options
end