From bug-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Thu Nov  5 11:13:46 1998
Subject: rename deletes files!
From: Francesco Potorti` <F dot Potorti at cnuce dot cnr dot it>
To: Octave bugs list <bug-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 11:13:30 -0600 (CST)

Try

	rename ("a", "a~")

it deleted the file "a"!