<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="files-rename" xml:lang="da">

  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="files#common-file-tasks"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.5.92" version="0.2" date="2012-09-19" status="review"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-22" status="review"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-29" status="final"/>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>

      <email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>Shaun McCance</name>

      <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>Jim Campbell</name>

      <email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Michael Hill</name>

      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>David King</name>

      <email>amigadave@amigadave.com</email>

    </credit>

    <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>

    <desc>Change file or folder name.</desc>

  </info>

  <title>Rename a file or folder</title>

  
As with other file managers, you can use <app>Files</app> to change the

  name of a file or folder.

  <steps>

    <title>To rename a file or folder:</title>

    <item>
Højreklik på elementet og vælg <gui>Omdøb</gui>, eller vælg filen og tryk på <key>F2</key>.
</item>

    <item>
Skriv det nye navn og tryk på <key>Enter</key> eller klik på <gui>Omdøb</gui>.
</item>

  </steps>

  
You can also rename a file from the

  <link xref="nautilus-file-properties-basic">properties</link> window.

  
When you rename a file, only the first part of the name of the file is

  selected, not the file extension (the part after the last <file>.</file>).

  The extension normally denotes what type of file it is (for example,

  <file>file.pdf</file> is a PDF document), and you usually do not want to

  change that. If you need to change the extension as well, select the entire

  file name and change it.

  <note style="tip">

    
If you renamed the wrong file, or named your file improperly, you can

    undo the rename. To revert the action, immediately click the menu button in

    the toolbar and select <gui>Undo Rename</gui>, or press

    <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Z</key></keyseq>, to restore the former

    name.

  </note>

  <section id="valid-chars">

    <title>Valid characters for file names</title>

    
You can use any character except the <file>/</file> (slash) character in

    file names. Some devices, however, use a file system that has more

    restrictions on file names. Therefore, it is a best practice to avoid the

    following characters in your file names: <file>|</file>, <file>\</file>,

    <file>?</file>, <file>*</file>, <file><</file>, <file>"</file>,

    <file>:</file>, <file>></file>, <file>/</file>.

    <note style="warning">

    
If you name a file with a <file>.</file> as the first character, the

    file will be <link xref="files-hidden">hidden</link> when you attempt to

    view it in the file manager.

    </note>

  </section>

  <section id="common-probs">

    <title>Common problems</title>

    <terms>

      <item>

        <title>The file name is already in use</title>

        
You cannot have two files or folders with the same name in the same

        folder. If you try to rename a file to a name that already exists in

        the folder you are working in, the file manager will not allow it.

        
File and folder names are case sensitive, so the file name

        <file>File.txt</file> is not the same as <file>FILE.txt</file>.

        Using different file names like this is allowed, though it is not

        recommended.

      </item>

      <item>

        <title>The file name is too long</title>

        
On some file systems, file names can have no more than 255

        characters in their names.  This 255 character limit includes both the

        file name and the path to the file (for example,

        <file>/home/wanda/Documents/work/business-proposals/…</file>), so you

        should avoid long file and folder names where possible.

      </item>

      <item>

        <title>The option to rename is grayed out</title>

        
If <gui>Rename</gui> is grayed out, you do not have permission to

        rename the file. You should use caution with renaming such files, as

        renaming some protected files may cause your system to become unstable.

        See <link xref="nautilus-file-properties-permissions"/> for more

        information.

      </item>

    </terms>

  </section>

</page>