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+// Copyright 2018-2019 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+import { sendSync, sendAsync } from "./dispatch_json.ts";
+import * as dispatch from "./dispatch.ts";
+
+/** Synchronously renames (moves) `oldpath` to `newpath`. If `newpath` already
+ * exists and is not a directory, `renameSync()` replaces it. OS-specific
+ * restrictions may apply when `oldpath` and `newpath` are in different
+ * directories.
+ *
+ *       Deno.renameSync("old/path", "new/path");
+ */
+export function renameSync(oldpath: string, newpath: string): void {
+  sendSync(dispatch.OP_RENAME, { oldpath, newpath });
+}
+
+/** Renames (moves) `oldpath` to `newpath`. 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.
+ *
+ *       await Deno.rename("old/path", "new/path");
+ */
+export async function rename(oldpath: string, newpath: string): Promise<void> {
+  await sendAsync(dispatch.OP_RENAME, { oldpath, newpath });
+}