https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/9643 <p> The documentation for rename says that it renames the file and then refers to the ISO C web page for rename for details. That page implies that the new name can be in another directory with the same filename to perform a move file operation, but it would be much more helpful if the boost filesystem documentation stated this explicitly. </p> <p> On stackoverflow, someone comments that if the move files due to filesystem differences, then you have to do a copy/delete combination anyway. It seems like if this is real possibility that boost.filesystme.rename should be enhanced to handle that for me so I don't have to remember a three-step operation in order to move files: 1) try rename and if that fails, then 2) copy file, and 3) delete file </p> en-us /htdocs/site/boost.png https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/9643 Trac 1.4.3