This example moves the file "FIRST.DAT" to the directory "NEWDIR", renamed as "SECOND.DAT".

#define INCL_DOSFILEMGR   /* File Manager values */
#define INCL_DOSERRORS    /* DOS error values    */
#include <os2.h>
#include <stdio.h>

HFILE  hfFileHandle          = 0L;                /* File Handle             */
ULONG  ulAction              = 0;                 /* Action taken            */
UCHAR  uchNewDirName[10]     = "newdir";          /* New directory name      */
PEAOP2 peaop2NewDirAttribute = NULL;              /* New directory attributes */
UCHAR  uchOldPathName[40]    = "first.dat";       /* Old path name string    */
UCHAR  uchNewPathName[40]    = "newdir\\second.dat"; /* New path name string */
APIRET rc                    = NO_ERROR;          /* Return code             */

int main(VOID) {

   /* Create a file "first.dat" in the current directory */

   rc = DosOpen("first.dat", &hfFileHandle, &ulAction,
                100L, FILE_NORMAL, FILE_CREATE | OPEN_ACTION_OPEN_IF_EXISTS,
                OPEN_ACCESS_WRITEONLY | OPEN_SHARE_DENYNONE, 0L);
   if (rc != NO_ERROR) {
      printf("DosOpen error: return code = %u\n", rc);
      return 1;        }

   rc = DosClose(hfFileHandle);          /* Close the file (it contains junk) */
   if (rc != NO_ERROR) {
      printf("DosClose error: return code = %u\n", rc);
      return 1;        }

   /* Create a new subdirectory within the current directory */

   rc = DosCreateDir(uchNewDirName, peaop2NewDirAttribute);
   if (rc != NO_ERROR) {
     printf("DosCreateDir error: return code = %u\n", rc);
     return 1;         }

   /* Move the file "first.dat" from the current directory to
      the new directory "newdir", and rename it "second.dat" */

   rc = DosMove(uchOldPathName, uchNewPathName);
   if (rc != NO_ERROR) {
     printf("DosMove error: return code = %u\n", rc);
     return 1;
   } else {
     printf("DosMove:  Move from %s to %s complete.\n",
             uchOldPathName, uchNewPathName); }

 return NO_ERROR;
}