File.rename() takes in a literal string of directory, but not the variable?

Jay_emissary

Hello everyone, I'm trying to dynamically rename files that I pass in via QML, but can't quite figure out why the "rename" method isn't taking in the newFilePath variable. NewFilePath literally returns a string with the exact same directory as "C:/Users/yyyy/Downloads/FileSorter/build/Desktop_Qt_6_7_2_MinGW_64_bit-Debug/twcs).txt/New Text Document.wav", but with a different file name, so how come rename fails every time?

Fails

void FileDataHandler::editFile(QUrl folderDirectory, int index, QString fileName){


    QDir dir(folderDirectory.toLocalFile()); //removes the file:/// part of the url so that the path is now valid
    QFile currentFile(dir.absoluteFilePath(m_fileList[index])); //creating the reference (absolutePath returns a folder directory)
    QString newFilePath = dir.absolutePath() + "/" + fileName + m_extensionType;
    //qInfo() << currentFile.exists();
    if(m_files && m_fileList.size() > 0)
    {
        
        qInfo() << fileName;
        qInfo() << dir.absolutePath() + "/" + fileName + m_extensionType;
        qInfo() << newFilePath;
        qInfo() << "C:/Users/yyyy/Downloads/FileSorter/build/Desktop_Qt_6_7_2_MinGW_64_bit-Debug/twcs).txt/New Text Document.wav";
      
        if(currentFile.rename(newFilePath))
       {

           qInfo() << currentFile.fileName();
                qInfo() << dir.absoluteFilePath(m_fileList[index]);
       }
       else{


           qInfo() << newFilePath << "FAIL";
       }
    }

}

Works

void FileDataHandler::editFile(QUrl folderDirectory, int index, QString fileName){


    QDir dir(folderDirectory.toLocalFile()); //removes the file:/// part of the url so that the path is now valid
    QFile currentFile(dir.absoluteFilePath(m_fileList[index])); //creating the reference (absolutePath returns a folder directory)
    QString newFilePath = dir.absolutePath() + "/" + fileName + m_extensionType;
    //qInfo() << currentFile.exists();
    if(m_files && m_fileList.size() > 0)
    {
        
        qInfo() << fileName;
        qInfo() << dir.absolutePath() + "/" + fileName + m_extensionType;
        qInfo() << newFilePath;
        qInfo() << "C:/Users/yyyy/Downloads/FileSorter/build/Desktop_Qt_6_7_2_MinGW_64_bit-Debug/twcs).txt/New Text Document.wav";
      
        if(currentFile.rename("C:/Users/yyyy/Downloads/FileSorter/build/Desktop_Qt_6_7_2_MinGW_64_bit-Debug/twcs).txt/New Text Document.wav"))
       {

           qInfo() << currentFile.fileName();
                qInfo() << dir.absoluteFilePath(m_fileList[index]);
       }
       else{


           qInfo() << newFilePath << "FAIL";
       }
    }

}

Jay_emissary

Never Mind, turns out there was a bug elsewhere in my code. Both methods work lol. I should really call it a day...