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NAME top
io_uring_prep_renameat - prepare a renameat requestSYNOPSIS top
**#include <fcntl.h>**
**#include <stdio.h>**
**#include <liburing.h>**
**void io_uring_prep_renameat(struct io_uring_sqe ***_sqe_**,**
**int** _olddirfd_**,**
**const char ***_oldpath_**,**
**int** _newdirfd_**,**
**const char ***_newpath_**,**
**unsigned int** _flags_**);**
**void io_uring_prep_rename(struct io_uring_sqe ***_sqe_**,**
**const char ***_oldpath_**,**
**const char ***_newpath_**);**DESCRIPTION top
The [io_uring_prep_renameat(3)](../man3/io%5Furing%5Fprep%5Frenameat.3.html) function prepares a renameat
request. The submission queue entry _sqe_ is setup to use the old
directory file descriptor pointed to by _olddirfd_ and old path
pointed to by _oldpath_ with the new directory file descriptor
pointed to by _newdirfd_ and the new path pointed to by _newpath_ and
using the specified flags in _flags_.
The [io_uring_prep_rename(3)](../man3/io%5Furing%5Fprep%5Frename.3.html) function prepares a rename request.
The submission queue entry _sqe_ is setup to use the old path
pointed to by _oldpath_ with the new path pointed to by _newpath_,
both relative to the current working directory and using the
specified flags in _flags_.
These functions prepare an async [renameat2(2)](../man2/renameat2.2.html) or [rename(2)](../man2/rename.2.html)
request. If _flags_ is zero, then this call is similar to the
[renameat(2)](../man2/renameat.2.html) system call. See those man pages for details.RETURN VALUE top
NoneERRORS top
The CQE _res_ field will contain the result of the operation. See
the related man page for details on possible values. Note that
where synchronous system calls will return **-1** on failure and set
_[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ to the actual error value, io_uring never uses _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_.
Instead it returns the negated _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ directly in the CQE _res_
field.NOTES top
As with any request that passes in data in a struct, that data
must remain valid until the request has been successfully
submitted. It need not remain valid until completion. Once a
request has been submitted, the in-kernel state is stable. Very
early kernels (5.4 and earlier) required state to be stable until
the completion occurred. Applications can test for this behavior
by inspecting the **IORING_FEAT_SUBMIT_STABLE** flag passed back from
[io_uring_queue_init_params(3)](../man3/io%5Furing%5Fqueue%5Finit%5Fparams.3.html).SEE ALSO top
[io_uring_get_sqe(3)](../man3/io%5Furing%5Fget%5Fsqe.3.html), [io_uring_submit(3)](../man3/io%5Furing%5Fsubmit.3.html), [renameat(2)](../man2/renameat.2.html),
[renameat2(2)](../man2/renameat2.2.html), [rename(2)](../man2/rename.2.html)COLOPHON top
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