For example, if the program is looking for a directory named "data" and you rename it to "other" the program would no longer know where data files are located. Renaming a directory containing files may cause problems if that directory contains files that are required by a program. The only exception is if you're using wild characters.
Because you cannot have a file and directory of the same name, you won't need to worry about mistakenly renaming a file instead of a directory. Use the ren or rename command to rename the directory. Renaming a directory in MS-DOS is much like renaming a file. rename h?pe.txt hope.txt Renaming a directory The "?" used in the following example is the wild character for an unknown character. In this next example, the command would rename a file with an unknown character in the file name to something that can be read. The following example would rename all the files in the current directory that end with. Below are examples of how this could be done. To rename multiple files at once, you must utilize some form of wild character. rename "computer hope.txt" "example file.txt" Renaming multiple files with one command To rename the file "computer hope.txt" to "example file.txt", your command would resemble the following example. Otherwise, you'll get the " The syntax of the command is incorrect." error. Whenever dealing with a file or directory with a space, it must be surrounded with quotes. rename c:\computer\test.txt hope.txt Renaming a file with a space For example, if the file was in the "computer" directory, you would type a command similar to the following example. If the test.txt file is not located in your current directory, you must specify the file's path as a prefix to the file name. In the following example, this would rename the file test.txt to hope.txt.
Renaming multiple files or folders at once If you don't wait long enough and click the file or folder too fast, it can open the file or folder rather than allowing you to rename it.
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