Change the name of an alias.

Syntax

ALIAS RENAME old-alias-name new-alias-name

Qualifiers	Defaults
/CONFIRM	/NOCONFIRM
/LOG	/NOLOG
/NOWILD	None

Parameters

old-alias-name

Name of the alias to rename. Alias name may not contain wild cards.

new-alias-name

New name to give to the alias. Alias name may not contain wild cards.

Description

The ALIAS RENAME command is used to rename an alias without altering its translation value. The currently open alias database will be used. If no database is open, then your personal alias database is opened and used.

Qualifiers

/CONFIRM

/NOCONFIRM (default)

When /CONFIRM is specified, you will be prompted to confirm the rename operation before it is actually performed.

/LOG

/NOLOG (default)

Report the number, zero or one, of aliases renamed.

/NOWILD

Treat the wild card characters * and % as being literal asterisks and percent signs. If the alias names contains either of these two characters and /NOWILD is not specified, then an error will be signalled and no entry in the database made.