JAVA:Renaming Files

To rename a file in java you first declare the file variable with oldname and next one with newname and file1.rename2(file2); public static void renamedirectory(String oldname,String newname){ // File (or directory) with old name File file = new File(oldname); // File (or directory) with new name File file2 = new File(newname); // Rename file (or directory) boolean success =false; if(file.isDirectory()){ success = file.renameTo(file2); } else { System.out.println("The file is not a directory "+oldname) ; } if (!success) { System.out.println("File was not successfully renamed"); } else { System.out.println("File Renamed from "+oldname+" to "+newname); } } The above function prints out if it doesnot rename succesfully.