Renaming file to overwrite existing

Hi
I am renaming a file
eg
set name of file_ to filename
I want to overwrite if there is already a file with that name but there doesnt appear to be a "with replacing" option. Any other ways? thanks

you may have to run a sanity check along the lines of:
<pre class=command>if exists (file filename of folder wherever)
delete file filename of folder wherever
end if
set name of file_ to filename</pre>

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