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+/* Rename a file relative to open directories.
+   Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* written by Eric Blake */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "openat-priv.h"
+
+/* Rename FILE1, in the directory open on descriptor FD1, to FILE2, in
+   the directory open on descriptor FD2.  If possible, do it without
+   changing the working directory.  Otherwise, resort to using
+   save_cwd/fchdir, then rename/restore_cwd.  If either the save_cwd or
+   the restore_cwd fails, then give a diagnostic and exit nonzero.  */
+
+int
+renameat (int fd1, char const *file1, int fd2, char const *file2)
+{
+  return at_func2 (fd1, file1, fd2, file2, rename);
+}