Problem in renaming file

hi
There are 2 files in a directory called
js1.html
js2.html
i am reading from js1.html and making some modification to
the data as i read and storing in js2.html
finally i have to rename js2.html to js1.html
i am using fileinputstream and fileoutputstream amd i am
closing both before ranaming.
I also am trying to delete js1.html before renaming
as both are in the same dir
The code i am using for renaming
File old=new File("js2.html");
old.renameTo(new File("js1.html");
But this always returns false
i am using win2k
could anyone pls help me out with this
thanks

Just a guess but maybe it is returning false because you already havea file named js1.html. Trying doing this through Windows Explorer and it will spit out an error.
What you should try is deleting js1.html first and then renaming. Presumably you don't need js1.html anymore once you make the changes so go ahead and delete it.

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1. First of all, I'm not working with a network share on a NAS or SAN storage. The files are on the local disk drive where Windows is installed, so that's a DAS for you.
2. I don't have SFU! Well obviously, I'm on Windows Vista! So that means SUA!
3. SUA are service components only. No server components. Can you guess what that means? Yeah... no "Server for NFS" since it's a server component.
4. Windows Vista is a client side operating system! Server for NFS is only offered for use with Windows Server systems.
5. Back to square one!
So there you have it. They all lived happy for the rest of their lives...
I'm stuck here. Can someone tell me what to do? I mean beyond the obvious option to use Linux to fixa a Windows problem? The NTFS file system itself supports colons in file names. It's Windows that doesn't, and so by default it proclaims it invalid character.
Surely, even a Windows client operating system like Windows Vista should be able to allow the user to at least rename files with invalid characters to something more sensible (from the system point of view) and valid, if not being able to open them as they
are. Just add some crazy voodoo code to it and it will work. If you can make it possible on Windows Server with UNIX user-mode subsystem on NT kernel, then what's stopping you from giving the Windows client system the same benefit?
So what now? Purchase a Windows Server 2012 R2 license, copy my invalid files to a NAS share with NFS on a UNIX or Linux system, and have a go at the Windows registry and Server for NFS? Yeah... you're right, it's probably a bit over the top...
On a second thought... I might as well install Linux again. There are countless situations where Linux has helped me solve problems related to, and more often than not caused by Windows.

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