NAME

       gd_rename — change the name of a dirfile field

SYNOPSIS

       #include <getdata.h>

       int gd_rename(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *old_code, const char *new_name, int move_data);

DESCRIPTION

       The  gd_rename() function changes the name of the field specified by old_code, which should not contain a
       representation suffix, defined in the dirfile specified by dirfile to new_name.  If the new name  is  the
       same as the old name, this function does nothing.

       When  renaming  a  metafield,  the  metafield should be specified in old_code by its full (slashed) field
       code, while new_name should only contain the new name (without slash).

       If the flag move_data is non-zero, and old_code specifies a RAW field, the binary  file  associated  with
       the field will be renamed as well.  If move_data is zero, no changes will be made to the binary file.  If
       field_code specifies a field of type other than RAW, the move_data flag is ignored.

RETURN VALUE

       On success, gd_rename() returns zero.  On error, -1 is returned and the dirfile error is set to a non-ze‐
       ro error value.  Possible error values are:

       GD_E_ACCMODE
               The specified dirfile was opened read-only.

       GD_E_ALLOC
               The library was unable to allocate memory.

       GD_E_BAD_CODE
               The field specified by old_code was not found.

       GD_E_BAD_DIRFILE
               The supplied dirfile was invalid.

       GD_E_BAD_FIELD_TYPE
               An attempt was made to rename the immutable INDEX field.

       GD_E_BAD_REPR
               The representation suffix specified in field_code was not recognised.

       GD_E_DUPLICATE
               The new name specified is already in use by another field.

       GD_E_PROTECTED
               The metadata of the format specification fragment containing the field was protected from change,
               or the binary data of the fragments was protected from change and binary file translation was re‐
               quested.

       GD_E_RAW_IO
               An I/O error occurred while attempting to rename the binary file.

       GD_E_UNKNOWN_ENCODING
               The  encoding scheme of the specified field could not be determined or was not understood by Get‐
               Data.

       GD_E_UNSUPPORTED
               The encoding scheme of the field does not support binary file renaming.

       The dirfile error may be retrieved by calling gd_error(3).  A descriptive error string for the last error
       encountered can be obtained from a call to gd_error_string(3).

SEE ALSO

       gd_metaflush(3), gd_open(3), gd_error(3), gd_error_string(3), dirfile(5), dirfile-format(5)

Version 0.7.0                                     20 July 2010                                      gd_rename(3)