---
name: "arcrename"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nordugrid-arc-client"
version: "7.0.0-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/arcrename"
---

# arcrename(1)

rename file or directory

## NAME

arcrename - rename file or directory

## DESCRIPTION

### Usage:

-

  arcrename \[OPTION...\] old\_url new\_url

The arcrename command renames files on grid storage elements.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  Show help options

- **-P**, **--listplugins**

  list the available plugins (protocols supported)

- **-t**, **--timeout**=*seconds*

  timeout in seconds (default 20)

- **-z**, **--conffile**=*filename*

  configuration file (default ~/.arc/client.conf)

- **--no-authentication**

  do not perform any authentication for opened connections

- **--x509-authentication**

  perform X.509 authentication for opened connections

- **--token-authentication**

  perform token authentication for opened connections

- **--systemca**

  force using CA certificates configuration provided by OpenSSL

- **--gridca**

  force using CA certificates configuration for Grid services (typically IGTF)

- **--allowinsecureconnection**

  allow TLS connection which failed verification

- **-d**, **--debug**=*debuglevel*

  FATAL, ERROR, WARNING, INFO, VERBOSE or DEBUG

- **-v**, **--version**

  print version information

## EXTENDED DESCRIPTION

The **arcrename** command renames files or directories on grid storage elements and indexing services. The path component of **oldurl** and **newurl** must differ and it must be the only component of both URLs which is different. **arcrename** will exit with an error if the paths are equivalent or other components of the URLs are different. Renaming a URL to an existing URL will either fail or overwrite the existing URL, depending on the protocol.  **arcrename** works purely at the namespace level and does not perform data transfer.

For more information on ARC URL syntax please read "Protocols, Uniform Resource Locators (URL) and Extensions Supported in ARC" \[NORDUGRID-TECH-7\]

Depending on the installed libraries (check with **-P** ), the following protocols may be used: file  (file://  prefix  may  be omitted), http, https, httpg, ftp, gsiftp, srm, root. However renaming is not supported or implemented for some of those protocols.

## ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

- **X509\_USER\_PROXY**

  The location of the user's Grid proxy file. Shouldn't be set unless the proxy is in a non-standard location.

- **ARC\_LOCATION**

  The location where ARC is installed can be specified by this variable. If not specified the install location will be determined from the path to the command being executed, and if this fails a WARNING will be given stating the location which will be used.

- **ARC\_PLUGIN\_PATH**

  The location of ARC plugins can be specified by this variable. Multiple locations can be specified by separating them by : (; in Windows). The default location is **$ARC\_LOCATION**/lib/arc (\\ in Windows).

## EXAMPLE

arcrename gsiftp://example.com/grid/file.dat gsiftp://example.com/grid/new.file.dat

## FILES

- **~/.arc/client.conf**

  Some options can be given default values by specifying them in the ARC client configuration file. By using the **--conffile** option a different configuration file can be used than the default.

## AUTHOR

ARC software is developed by the NorduGrid Collaboration  (http://www.nordugrid.org), please consult the AUTHORS file distributed with  ARC. Please report bugs and feature requests to http://bugzilla.nordugrid.org

## COPYRIGHT

APACHE LICENSE Version 2.0

## SEE ALSO

[**arccp**(1)](/arccp/1.md), [**arcls**(1)](/arcls/1.md), **[arcmkdir(1)](/arcmkdir/1.md),** **[arcrm(1)](/arcrm/1.md)**