$ perldoc -q rename
Found in /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/pod/perlfaq5.pod
       How can I reliably rename a file?

       Well, usually you just use Perl's rename() function.  That
       may not work everywhere, though, particularly when renam­
       ing files across file systems.  Some sub-Unix systems have
       broken ports that corrupt the semantics of rename()--for
       example, WinNT does this right, but Win95 and Win98 are
       broken.  (The last two parts are not surprising, but the
       first is. :-)

       If your operating system supports a proper mv(1) program
       or its moral equivalent, this works:

           rename($old, $new) or system("mv", $old, $new);

       It may be more compelling to use the File::Copy module
       instead.  You just copy to the new file to the new name
       (checking return values), then delete the old one.  This
       isn't really the same semantically as a real rename(),
       though, which preserves metainformation like permissions,
       timestamps, inode info, etc.

       Newer versions of File::Copy exports a move() function.

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