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2008 Feb 23
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sftp-server failing to rename a file
What to try:
$ cd /tmp
$ touch a b
$ sftp localhost
sftp> cd /tmp
sftp> rename a b
Couldn't rename file "/tmp/a" to "/tmp/b": Failure
sftp> rm b
Removing /var/tmp/b
sftp> rename a b
sftp>
So, the sftp "rename" command refuses to rename a file
to an existing one.
Instead of using the rename(2) system call, which is present at least on