Commit d4b46aa1 authored by Ian Lance Taylor's avatar Ian Lance Taylor

os: document that Rename does not replace an existing directory

Fixes #18240.

Change-Id: Ife951e2c1320b3f1362c85642615b24fd4291189
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/34135Reviewed-by: default avatarBrad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
parent f28eea89
......@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func Create(name string) (*File, error) {
var lstat = Lstat
// Rename renames (moves) oldpath to newpath.
// If newpath already exists, Rename replaces it.
// If newpath already exists and is not a directory, Rename replaces it.
// OS-specific restrictions may apply when oldpath and newpath are in different directories.
// If there is an error, it will be of type *LinkError.
func Rename(oldpath, newpath string) error {
......
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